See the potential that is within each of us--the realization and embodiment of our true nature

With Demystifying Awakening, senior meditation teacher Stephen Snyder skillfully marks the subtle path of the Awakening process. With loving care, personal examples, and gentle suggestions, Stephen plants the seeds of practice and meditation by:

• explaining Awakening in an accessible way that draws on Zen and Theravada Buddhist traditions;
• guiding readers through more than thirty foundational and advanced meditations and practices that support each step on the path of realization;
• offering advice for identifying and working with resistances to Awakening; and
• encouraging the embodiment and lived expression of realization through an exploration of the paramis, the Buddhist perfections of behavior.

Demystifying Awakening transmits a practice path for Awakening in this lifetime.

Demystifying Awakening: A Buddhist Path of Realization, Embodiment, and Freedom; Stephen Snyder; Buddha's Heart Press; Paperback; 256 pages; $16.95

Stephen Doetsu Snyder began practicing meditation in 1976. He has studied Buddhism extensively, including Zen, Tibetan, Theravada and Western non-dual traditions. He was authorized to teach in the Theravada tradition in 2007 and the Zen schools of Soto and Rinzai in 2022. He is a senior student of Roshi Mark Sando Mininberg. Stephen encourages students to turn toward their true nature and embody their true identity. He is author of four books, including Buddha's Heart and Demystifying Awakening.