Larry Rosenberg
Larry Rosenberg (born December 15, 1932) is an American Buddhist teacher who founded the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1985.[1] He is also a resident teacher there. Rosenberg was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and Harvard Medical School. In addition to teaching at the Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, he is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.[2]
Rosenberg was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants and grew up in Coney Island in a working-class family. His father, who had Marxist leanings, came from 14 generations of rabbis.[3]
Rosenberg got his BS at Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Chicago, where he also subsequently taught. He later became an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard. Disappointed with his experience in academia, he turned to intensive Buddhist practice. A major turning point that influenced this decision was his introduction to the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Vimala Thakar. He received Zen training with Korean Master Seung Sahn and Japanese Master Katagiri Roshi for eight years before coming to Vipassana. Anagarika Munindra was his first Vipassana teacher.[4]
His book Breath by Breath is a clear description of the practice of anapanasati (mindful breath meditation). His emphasis on the breath as an object of meditation was, in part, inspired by his encounter with the Thai meditation teacher Buddhadasa. Anapanasati and also forms the basis of his teachings at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.[5]
Books
- L. Rosenberg, Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation, Shambhala Publications, 2004. ISBN 1-59030-136-6.
- L. Rosenberg and D. Guy, Living In the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive, Shambhala Publications, 2001. ISBN 1-57062-820-3
- L. Rosenberg with Laura Zimmerman, Three Steps to Awakening: A Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life, Shambhala Publications, 2013. ISBN 1-59030-516-7
References
- ^ Thumma, Scott; Gray, Edward R. (2004). Gay Religion. Rowman Altamira. p. 146. ISBN 9780759115064. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Larry Rosenberg". Shambhala Publications. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ Tricycle (2019-08-08). "Larry Rosenberg and The Art of Doing Nothing". Tricycle.org. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Knaster, Mirka (12 October 2010). Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra – Mirka Knaster – Google Books. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 9780834822542. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Thumma, Scott; Gray, Edward R. (10 December 2004). Gay Religion. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 9780759115064. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
External links
- Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
- Dharma Seed | Larry Rosenberg's Dharma Talks
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