
Three Gates to Meditation Practices: A Personal Journey into Sufism, Buddhism and Judaism
A spiritual memoir by the author of God Is a Verb.
"This book is a treasure map, but not like any you have seen before. Most people believe that the object of a treasure hunt is to find a chest of gold. The mystical approach, however, is that the search itself is the treasure…. Here is an invitation to begin an exploration of the treasure fields of your own mind…the most exciting and rewarding adventure you will ever take."
—from the Introduction
Here is an insider's look at a spectrum of mystical traditions—by someone who is remarkably fluent in the language of each. Three Gates to Meditation Practice chronicles more than fifteen years in the spiritual journey of "post-denominational" Rabbi David A. Cooper and his wife Shoshana—years that led the Coopers everywhere from a secluded mountain hut in New Mexico to the Sinai desert, from chanting Sufi dhikr and meditation with Buddhist masters to studying Kabbalah and esoteric Judaism in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Coopers’ story is an intimate account of what intensive spiritual practice is like, with an ultimate message that is supremely inspiring: The spiritual path is completely within our reach, whoever we are, whatever we do, as long as we are willing to try.
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Book details
- Author
- David Cooper
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Self-Help › Meditations
Religion › Islam › Sufi
Religion › Buddhism - ISBN-13
- 9781893361225 (Paperback)9781683364658 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI DAVID A. COOPER was a rabbi, mystic, and author who studied mysticism for more than thirty years. His books include Three Gates to Meditation Practice, The Handbook of Jewish Meditation Practices and Silence, Simplicity & Solitude.
Cooper was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in 1993 and studied Kabbalah and Hasidism in the Old City of Jerusalem for over six years during the 1980s. He was initiated into Sufism by Pir Vilayat Khan, practiced Zen Buddhism with Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Tibetan Buddhism with Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
When not writing, Cooper and his wife Shoshana founded the Heart of Stillness Hermitage in Boulder, Colorado. His books draw on decades of immersion in Jewish, Sufi, Zen, and Tibetan contemplative traditions.
