Ethan Nichtern

The Road Home: a Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path Ethan Nichtern

Publisher Marketing: A lively exploration of contemporary Buddhism from one of its most admired teachers. Do you feel at home right now? Or do you sense a hovering anxiety or uncertainty, an underlying unease that makes you feel just a bit uncomfortable, a bit distracted and disconnected from those around you? In "The Road Home," Ethan Nichtern, a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition, investigates the journey each of us takes to find where we belong. Drawing from contemporary research on meditation and mindfulness and his experience as a Buddhist teacher and practitioner, Nichtern describes in fresh and deeply resonant terms the basic existential experience that gives rise to spiritual seeking and to its potentially dangerous counterpart, spiritual materialism. He reveals how our individual quests for self-awareness ripple forward into relationships, communities, and society at large. And he explains exactly how, by turning our awareness to what's happening around us and inside us, we become able to enhance our sense of connection with others and, at the same time, change for the better our individual and collective patterns of greed, apathy, and inattention. In this wise and witty invitation to Buddhist meditation, Nichtern shows how, in order to create a truly compassionate and enlightened society, we must start with ourselves. And this means beginning by working with our own minds in whatever state we find them." Review Citations: Library Journal 02/15/2015 pg. 107 (EAN 9780374251932, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2015 (EAN 9780374251932, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/16/2015 (EAN 9780374251932, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Nichtern, Ethan Ethan Nichtern is a senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition and the author of One City: A Declaration of Independence. He is also the founder of the Interdependence Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to secular Buddhist study as it applies to transformational activism, mindful arts and media projects, and Western psychology. Nichtern has taught meditation and Buddhist studies classes and retreats across the United States since 2002. He is based in New York City. Contributor Bio:  Salzberg, Sharon Sharon Salzberg cofounded the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. In addition to "Real Happiness", she is the author of eight other books, including the bestsellers "Lovingkindness" and "Faith". A teacher for 40 years, she has been a contributing editor at "O, The Oprah Magazine" and has written for "Time", "Real Simple", "Good Housekeeping", "Self", "Yoga Journal", "More", and others. She divides her time between Barre, Massachusetts, home of the IMS, and New York City.