The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts From the Teachings of Adyashanti (Paperback)

~ Adyashanti (Author)

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Like great Zen masters of old, Adyashanti breaches the bounds of conventional Buddhist discourse and speaks directly from Being itself. -- Stephan Bodian, from Foreword of Book

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"The Impact of Awakening" is a collection of excerpts from the dharma talks and dialogues of spiritual teacher Adyashanti on the nature of spiritual awakening and the embodiment of self-realization. These discussions explore the true meaning of enlightenment in a down-to-earth language that reflects Adyashanti's roots in Zen Buddhism and non-dualism. These talks give many spiritual seekers the gift of freedom as a lived human experience.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: Open Gate Sangha; 2nd edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971703604
• ISBN-13: 978-0971703605
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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46 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightenment roadmap, January 3, 2004

By	"reikimd" (Studio City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Adyashanti's "The Impact of Awakening" is a guide that helps us see where we are on the "awakening" map. It is a book that can be read and reread each time our location changes. Common misperceptions, beliefs, and "blind alleys" are pointed out clearly and compassionately through a question and answer format. Through his writings, intensives and retreats, what impresses me most about Adyashanti is his integrity. This book contains as honest an explanation of what awakening is and is not as you will find anywhere. There are a few books that I consider spiritual treasures. This is one of them.

44 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Satsang You Can Use, April 4, 2004

By	Orva Schrock "[e-mail]" (goshen, in United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very good collection of Satsang commentary with primarily a Q&A format. Adyashanti is very clearspoken and obviously has a mastery of his subject. While there is nothing really new in this book, (is there ever?) the message can indeed be earthshakingly new to a "person" who has not yet sensed their own true identity. Beyond that, it is just good solid refresher course Wisdom. This teacher apparently has seen through the idea of the separate existence we tend to believe in for "ourselves." And as other great teachers have insisted, this seeing of our ultimate Oneness, pure Beingness, is itself the final and greatest triumph of life. This is a very good book for the reader whose outlines are fading and whose inlines are brightening, i.e. dawn is at hand. I highly recommend this book; isn't it time to quit being somebody?

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, Direct and Authentic, January 18, 2004

By	Roscoe (Honolulu, Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews

Adyashanti spells out the "Impact of Awakening" with incredible clarity and directness, and with an accessible and down-to-earth language and style that many will find a welcomed relief from the typcial 'spiritual speak'.

Whether one has had the good fortune to see him in person, listen to the many tapes of his satsangs and intensives or is meeting him for the first time through his books, the sublimity with which he cuts through the egoic trance is unmistakable, as is the authenticity empowering his words.

Adyashanti genuinely embodies the non-dual awakeness of which he speaks and the twelve chapters of questions and answers found in this gem are destined to be seen as a spiritual classic for years to come.