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Fully awaken to your potential Buddhahood through the innovative guidance, exercises, and personal reflections of one of contemporary Buddhism's most experienced teachers. When we deeply experience the Absolute, we are transformed by a profound, life-changing Awakening. But what happens after this realization? How do we embody and sustain it? Buddhist tradition has little to support our ongoing assimilation of these intense experiences-until now. Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi, offers Living Awakeness as the first hands-on guide to name, explore, and practice the qualities of Awakeness, highlighting the path to truly living our Buddha nature. With this book, Snyder lays out the steps for embodying our Awakeness: -the qualities to look for-his experiences with them and Awakening-thought-provoking exercises to integrate those qualities -the roots of Awakeness as the base we're building from-the paths of Awakeness in both the Theravada and Zen traditions From his first experience of knowing wholeness at three years old to his deep study of Buddhism over fifty years of adulthood, Snyder's spiritual path has laid the groundwork for Living Awakeness's wisdom. Let this original exploration help you be who you truly are.

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""Living Awakeness is an important guide for any who sincerely wish to go beyond mere glimpses of Awakening and live in full embodiment of the possibilities of the path."" -Stephen James Pigott, educator and host of Guru Viking Podcast ""The great teacher Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi, draws us into tender intimacy with depths of being that open into the Absolute. He weaves together diverse strands of contemplative wisdom into a transformational magic carpet of Awakening!"" -Rick Hanson, PhD, NYT bestselling author of Buddha's Brain and Neurodharma ""Bridging the strengths of both Theravada and Zen traditions with remarkable clarity. Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi, offers a precise and experience-based map of Awakening that doesn't stop at insight but shows how to embody it through the lived qualities of Awakeness."" -Mark Coleman, Dharma teacher and author ""Mugen Roshi's latest work fills a gap in the literature on Awakening. In an organized, intimate, and comprehensive way, he brings to life the specific qualities, attributes, and factors that are developed in spiritual practice."" -Paul Gyodo Agostinelli, Sensei, founder of the Eon Zen Center ""For the armchair Buddhist, this is an invitation to deepen practice; for the experienced practitioner, it offers a framework of reference. An invaluable contribution."" -Dharma-Joy Reichert, abbot and head priest of the Zen Center of Los Angeles

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Stephen Mugen Snyder, Roshi, began practicing daily meditation in 1976.Since then, he has studied Buddhism extensively-investigating and engaging in Zen, Tibetan, Theravada, and Western nondual traditions. He was authorized to teach in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in 2007 and in the Zen Buddhist schools of Sōtō and Rinzai in 2022. Stephen is a senior student of Mark Sando Mininberg, Roshi, and a transmitted teacher in the White Plum Asanga-the body of teachers in the Maezumi-Roshi lineage.Stephen's resonant and warmhearted teaching style engages students around the globe through in-person and online retreats, as well as one-on-one coaching. He encourages students to turn toward their true nature and, with realization of their true nature, embody their true identity. Stephen is the author of five books, including Liberating the Self, Trust in Awakening, Demystifying Awakening, and Buddha's Heart. He coauthored Practicing the Jhānas. For more information, visit awakeningdharma.org.

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