Vipassana Meditation and Ayahuasca: Skillful Means for Transcending the Ego and Opening to Spiritual Growth

Spiritual renewal and return through ayahuasca and meditation• Reveals how the author, a long-time Buddhist practitioner, found ayahuasca to be a remarkable catalyst on his spiritual path, ultimately reinvigorating his own practice• Explores the ayahuasca ceremony process in depth, detailing the author’s multi-session experience in Peru and “best practices” when taking ayahuasca• Offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhist practice, including a guided instruction to four progressive techniques of Shamata Vipassana meditationOver the last several decades, serious study of Tibetan Buddhism and the use of Ayahuasca as an agent for spiritual growth have both become widespread in the West.Though the two traditions originate in widely different parts of the world, both are effective in working with the ego and creating a genuine spiritual opening. Uniting these two paths, C. Clinton Sidle takes readers through his own journey as a long-time but sometimes-struggling Buddhist practitioner whose