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Interview · Buddha at the Gas Pump · 2026Zen sickness and the dangers of spiritual narcissism
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On the trap of using realization to build a self, and on what the old teachers called Zen sickness.

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Meet Stephan Bodian.

Nondual Awakening

Stephan Bodian

American non-duality teacher and psychotherapist, ordained as a Zen monk under Kobun Chino in 1974 and former editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal, now leading the School for Awakening and writing on nondual awakening.

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