Awaken to the Groundless Ground of Being
Awaken to the One of all existence—the sacred, luminous reality that is essentially what we are. Join Stephan Bodian, teacher, psychotherapist, and author of Infinite Awakening: A Guide to Nondual Wisdom and the Pathless Path, as he offers a roadmap to discovering our true identity.
Stephan Bodian is a pioneer in the integration of Eastern wisdom and Western psychology. His books include Meditation for Dummies, Wake Up Now, and the new book Infinite Awakening: A Guide to Nondual Wisdom and the Pathless Path. Stephan graduated from Columbia University and did graduate work at Stanford, then spent 10 years as a Buddhist monk and another decade studying with a European master of Indian nondualism.
He leads workshops and retreats on the "direct approach" to spiritual realization and hosts the podcast "Nondual Wisdom and the Pathless Path" at stephanbodian.substack.com
Dr. Trujillo’s Comments
Stephan Bodian has an interesting and unusual background in Zen, Advaita Vedanta, and Tibetan Buddhism, through which he is able to see and articulate the underlying universal principle of Oneness that each of those paths contain. We discussed spiritual awakening as that experiential process that expands our awareness of who we really are. Our initial experiences of this underlying Oneness can be pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. This conversation will interest anyone on a spiritual path, and those who want to explore the underlying Oneness hiding behind all of our experiences.
The Yoga Hour Team Comments
In this interesting episode, Laurel Trujillo and Stephan Bodian discuss his new book, Infinite Awakening: A Guide to Nondual Wisdom and the Pathless Path. Stephan has spent decades as a serious practitioner across Zen, Dzogchen Tibetan Buddhism, and Advaita Vedanta, and you can feel that depth in how he talks about the common thread running through these traditions. Laurel adds her own angle from Kriya yoga. What stood out most to me was the discussion of the paradox of emptiness — from Zen and Buddhism — set against the fullness described in Vedanta and Kriya Yoga. Empty fullness, a pathless path: there’s nowhere to go, because you’re already there. I encourage you to listen in, it’s worth your time.
Stephan Bodian
