Shinzen Young (真善, Shinzen) is an American meditation teacher. He leads residential and remote meditation retreats for students interested in learning the Vipassana (insight) tradition of Buddhism. He was originally ordained in Japan as a monk in the Shingon (Japanese Vajrayana) tradition.[1] He has studied and practiced extensively in other traditions, including Zen and Native American traditions.
Young's interest in integrating meditation with scientific paradigms has led to collaborations with neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School,[2][3] University of Massachusetts Medical School, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Vermont.[4] He is working on various ways to bring a secular mindfulness practice to a wider audience using revamped terminology and techniques as well as automated expert systems.[5] He published a book summarizing his system of meditation entitled The Science of Enlightenment in 2016.
- ^ [1] Fall 2005 By Polly Young-Eisendrath, in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Archived June 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Understanding Enlightenment Could Change Science - Psychology Tomorrow". Psychology Tomorrow Magazine.
- ^ Shinzen (2 April 2012). "Shinzen's Blog: Basic Mindfulness - Basic Science". shinzenyoung.blogspot.com.
- ^ University of Vermont. "Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit : University of Vermont". uvm.edu.
- ^ "BG 102: Shinzen Young: The Hybrid Teacher" (Podcast). Buddhist Geeks: Seriously Buddhist, Seriously Geeky. 2008-12-28. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2009-02-18.