Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher.[1][2][3]

Boorstein studied with Dipa Ma[4] and is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California.[5] She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.

Biography

All four of Boorstein's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.[2] She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Barnard College.[2] After moving to California in 1961, Boorstein earned a master's degree in social work from the University of California Berkeley in 1967 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Saybrook University in 1974.[2]

She has written numerous books such as It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness,[6] That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist,[7] Don't Just Do Something, Sit There[8] and Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Fleet, Josh (28 September 2011). "Is The Jew Still In The Lotus?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Sylvia Boorstein". Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sylvia Boorstein". Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW). Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "What Dipa Ma taught Sylvia Boorstein about the mind of equanimity". Lion's Roar. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "History of Spirit Rock". Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Cochran, Tracy (Spring 1996). "It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Marks, Richard G. (Spring 1999). "Review: Jewish-Buddhist Meetings". Shofar. Purdue University Press. 17 (3): 93–98. doi:10.1353/sho.1999.0005. JSTOR 42942901. S2CID 170268171.
  8. ↑ Meade Sperry, Rod (25 August 2009). "Sylvia Boorstein on the meaning of "Don't Just Do Something, Sit There"". Lion's Roar. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Wheeler, Kate Lila (Fall 2002). "Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake". Tricycle.org. Tricycle Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2022.


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