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What and Who Inspire Yung Pueblo

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When Zainab talked with poet, meditator, and speaker Yung Pueblo, they discovered a deep connection over the immigrant experience and the transformative, healing power of meditation. Along the way, he also shared a few of the books, teachers, and approaches that have informed his search for truth.

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Siddhartha

Though set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse’s time, synthesizing disparate philosophies—Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism—into a unique vision of life as...

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

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In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings—in his own words.

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Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy

Twenty-four of the Buddha's most distinguished disciples are brought to life in ten chapters of rich narration. Drawn from a wide range of authentic Pali sources, the material in these stories has never before been assembled in a single volume.

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Vipassana Meditation

The word Vipassana can be translated as “Insight,” or a clear awareness of exactly what is happening as it happens, and the practice of insight (Vipassana) meditation is the close attention to how the body feels right here, right now. This meditation roots focus on the breath.

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Interstellar

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

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Hafez

Hafez was a fourteenth-century Persian poet. His still-celebrated collection of lyric and mystic poems is generally considered the pinnacle of Persian literature, often focusing on divine love, the joys of wine, and religious hypocrisy.

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"The Sun Never Says"

This Hafiz-inspired poem by Daniel Ladinsky shows the nature of unconditional love and that selfless quality of really being able to love someone well.

In respect of copyright, we cannot display the poem here. Click the link to read it.

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Rumi

Rumi (1207–1273) was a Persian poet, Sufi mystic, philosopher, and Islamic scholar. He wrote over 65,000 verses on love, life, and spiritual understanding, and his poems still sell millions of copies around the world.

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Sayagyi U Ba Khin

Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899–1971) was a leading authority on Vipassana meditation, and taught the well-known teacher S. N. Goenka. "His grasp of truth is just unparalleled," says Yung Pueblo. "I take everything that U Ba Khin says very seriously."

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S. N. Goenka

Satya Narayan Goenka (1924–2013), commonly known as S. N. Goenka, was an Indian teacher of Vipassana meditation. Yung Pueblo says he learned meditation from S. N. Goenka and is part of Goenka's meditation tradition.