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A Amygdala, 73 Abraham ibn Ezra, 10, 97 Ancient Greece/Greek, 12, 30, 31 Abulafa, Abraham, 97 Ancient Israel, 87 Adam, 75 Anger, 28, 41, 43 Adas Israel Congregation of Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 21 Washington D.C., 4 Antidepressants, 77 Addiction, 24, 27, 39, 42, 46, 72, 73, Antinomian, 19 93, 101n24 Antisemite/antisemitic, 16, 18, 21, Airline emergency landing, 47 29, 38, 43 Aish HaTorah, 32 Antisemitism, 16, 17, 21, 22, Aitken, Robert Baker, 17 41, 42, 98 Alcohol, 16, 72, 73, 75 Anxiety, viii, 2, 16, 25, 27, 30, 37, Alcohol abuse, 16, 38, 73, 101n24 42–44, 72, 73, 76, 80, 85, 95 Aleichem, Sholem, 95 Anxious, 5, 37, 43 Allegro, John Marco, 87 Archaeology, 87 Alma d’shikra, 72 Arizona State University Hillel, 5 Amanita muscaria, 75 Art, 14, 47, 96 American Buddhists, viiin12, ix, Artist, 14, 43 12, 17, 69 Atheists, 21, 92 American Conference of Cantors, 34 Attention span, 24, 46 Amoral, 19 Auschwitz-Birkenau, 6, 30

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Australia, 70 Buber, Martin, 10, 52n62, 79, Authoritarianism, 69 83, 106n86 Ayahuasca, 69, 70, 74, 75, 82, Buddha, 10, 18, 19, 21–23, 28, 44, 86, 88, 94 57n135, 111n165 Buddha statues, 12 Buddhist Modernism, 16 B Bujus, see Jubus Baal Shem Tov, 28, 85 Burma, 20 Babylonian mythology, 12 Burnout, 43 Backpacking, 93 Bushido, 18, 19 Bad trip, 74 Businesses, 45 Baker, Richard, 38 Butler, Katy, 39, 65n236 Bakst, Joel David (Rabbi), 81, 106n79 Buttigieg, Pete, 30 Banks, 24 Bar mitzvahs, 4, 94, 95, 98 Bat mitzvahs, 4, 95, 98 C Beer Ya’akov Mental Hospital, 73 Califano, Joseph, 45 Behrman, Yaacov (Rabbi), 83 California, 6, 25, 70 Bell, Sandra, 37, 39, 63n218 Canada, 32, 70, 75 Bellevue Hospital in New York, 85 Cannabis, 82, 87, 91 Benjamin, Walter, 91, 109n134 Carhart-Harris, Robin, 77 Berakhot 32b, 9 Carlebach, Shlomo (Rabbi), 92 Biblical Jacob, 78 Caro, Susan, 34 Birthright Israel, 6 Catholic, viii, ixn4, 21, 38 Bodhicitta, 38 Cederström, Carl, 16, 54n99 Bodhisattva, 22 Chabad-Lubavitch movement, 4, 35, Bodyguard, 22 81, 83, 106n84 Body pain, 28 Chán, vii Bokuseki, 14 Chanukah, 6 Bonny-Noach, Hagit, 93, 110n148, Chigaku, Tanaka, 17 110n151, 110n155, 110n156 China/Chinese, vii, viiin1, 19, 21, Brain, 6, 7, 24, 26, 51n45, 68, 73, 74, 56n108, 56n122 76–79, 87, 90, 91 Christian/Christianity, 13, 16, 20, 21, Brassard, Francis, 40, 65n237 23, 34, 69, 76, 79, 85, 87, Brayer, Menachem M., 83–85, 92, 89, 95, 98 106n87, 106n90, Christian mysticism, 12 106n93, 109n145 Clan, 21 Brendel, David, 26, 60n164 Coaches, 16 Briñol, Pablo, 26, 60n161 Cocaine, 72, 101n24 Britton, Willoughby, 27, 29, Cognitive and developmental 60n167, 60n176 psychologists, 86 Brown University’s Hillel, 5 Cognitive fexibility, 73 INDEX 115

Cohen, Danny, 44 Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 69, 70, Colorado, 70, 81 75, 79, 81, 88, 90, 91, 98, Commercialization, 13 99n11, 100n12 Companies, 24, 41, 42 Dina d’malakhuta dina, 83 Compassion, 4, 18, 30, 38, 44, Disembodiment, 27 45, 55n104 Disorganized speech, 25 Competitiveness, 39 Disorientation, 27 Computer scientists, 86 Dissociation, 25, 27 Congregation Beth HaTephila, Dissociative identity disorder, 87 4, 49n14 D-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), Conservative, 81 69, 72, 74, 81, 82, 85, 92–95 Conservative Judaism, 4, 6, 14 DNA, 72, 80 Consultants, 16, 39 Doblin, Rick, 76, 94 Cooper, David A. (Rabbi), 15, 35, Do-it-yourself Judaism, vii, 1, 44 54n96, 62n203, 62n204 Dreams, 3, 33, 72, 80, 96 Corruption, 42 Drug Abuse Warning Network Cortisol, 23 (DAWN), 74, 103n40 Crick, Francis, 72 Dürkheim, Karlfried, 18 Cult of personality, 30 Dying, 90, 91, 95 Cults, 26 Dylan, Bob, 92 Cultural appropriation, 13 Cultural norm, 46 E Eastern spiritualties, 12 D Ecclesiastes, 8, 78 Dancing, 15, 34 Economy, 15, 41, 45 Darwin, C., 46 Ego dissolution, 68, 69, 77 Dass, Ram, 70, 94, 100n20, Egolessness, 38 110n157 Ego loss, 68, 77, 78 Davidson, Richard, 44 Ego transcendence, 77 Death, xn5, 18, 74, 77, 95 Ehrenreich, Barbara, 46 Death, cult of, 16–19 Emotional instability, 27 Decriminalize, 70 Emotion regulation, 23 Default-mode network of the brain, 77 Employees, 2, 24, 41, 45, 59n150 Demonstrations, 43 Engaged Buddhism, 25 Denver, 70 Epstein, Ben, 8, 52n55 Depersonalization, 25 Epstein, Mark, 38, 64n232 Depression, 2, 16, 25, 27, 30, 43, Eruvin 54a, 83 63n212, 69, 73, 74, 85, European Jews, 15 99n10, 101n24 European Monitoring Centre for The dharma, 44 Drugs and Drug Addiction Dholakia, Utpal M., 24, 58n149 (EMCDDA), 93 Dhyāna, vii Exodus 3:2, 88 116 INDEX

F Goma fre ritual, 34 Faith in Mind (poem), 19 Google, 2, 42 False memories, 25, 26 Government, 45 Farias, Miguel, 25 Greek, 30, 31 Fascism, 70 Greek philosophy, 12 Fatigue, 38, 43 Green, Arthur (Rabbi), 85, Fear, 15, 27, 28, 30, 32, 72, 74, 95 86, 107n97 Feinstein, Moshe (Rabbi), 91 Greenstein, Brad (Rabbi), 34 Feldman, Menachem (Rabbi), 35, Griffths, Roland R., 76, 103n38, 36, 62n209 104n51, 104n52, 104n58 Fields, Rick, 38, 64n230 Guided breathing exercise, 7, Fifth Dalai Lama of Tibet, 21 25, 41, 91 Finkel, Dan, 5 Guilt, 27, 98, 100n19 First-person science, 22 Guilty, 37, 42 Flashbacks, 27, 74 Gurus, 16, 39 fMRI scans, 77 Ford, Henry, 43 Freelance workers, 44 H Friedman, Joel, 6 Haffkine, Mordechai, 85 Frith, Chris, 68, 99n5 Haiku poetry, 14 Halakhic, 34, 83 Hallucinations, 25, 68, 77, 96 G Hallucinogen persisting perception Gallimore, Andrew R., 73, 103n37 disorder (HPPD), 74, 103n41 Gefen, Nan Fink, 2 Hamakir et mekomo, 92 Genesis 1–6, 10, 96 Happiness, 2, 3, 7, 17, 32, 33, Genesis 2:18, 36 43, 44, 47 Genesis 3, 71 Happy, 16, 20, 31, 32 Genesis 18:25, 9 Harris, Dan, 30, 61n179 Genesis 28:17, 78 Harris, Elizabeth J., 22, 57n133 Genetic psychology, 80 Harris, Sam, 22, 58n138, 92 Gen Z generation, 34 Hashanah, Rosh, 10 German/Germany, 18 Hashish, 93 German people, 17, 18, 74 Hasid/Hasidic, 11, 14, 82, 92, 98 Gesher Jewish Day School in Fairfax, Hasidim, Breslover, 11, 82, 92 Virginia, 5 Hassidism, 13 Gigi, Daniel (Rabbi), 6 ha-Tseruf, Hokhmath, 97 Ginsberg, Allen, 92 Healing, 72, 74, 85, 95 Gold, Shefa (Rabbi), 90 Health care, 24, 67, 71, 95 Goldfsh, 24, 46 Health gurus, 16 Goldman, Shalom, 92 Hebrew Bible, 9, 32, 36, 47, 71, 75, Goldstein, Joseph, 27 87, 89–91, 97 INDEX 117

Hebrew letters, 11, 13, 96, 97 Inequality, 3, 42 Hebrew scripture, 13 Innovation, 16, 96 Hechalot, Jay, 86 Inquisition, 20 Heller, Dov (Rabbi), 32, Insecure work status, 44 61n188, 61n189 Insight Meditation Center in Hemmingway, E., 4 Massachusetts, 27 Hercules, 89 Insomnia, 25, 27 Hermle, Leo, 74, 103n41 Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS), Herrigel, Eugen, 18 5, 14, 66n260 Heschel Jewish High School, 6 Intense fear of death, 74 Hezeika derabbim, 84 Interreligious dialogue, 22 Hidden memories, 25 Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat The Hillel Organization, 5 Center, 5 Himmler, Heinrich, 18 Islam, 16, 20 Hindu/Hinduism, 18, 38, 39, 69 Isolationism, 35 Hitbodedut or hisbodedus, 11 Israel/Israeli/Israelis, 5, 6, 73, 74, 82, Hitler, Adolf, 18, 30 83, 87, 93, 94, 110n154 Hitsuzendō, 14 Israeli Anti-Drug Authority Hiyah, Rav, 83 (IADA), 93 Hoffman, Donald, 68, 99n2, 99n7 Israeli Foreign Ministry, 93 Holocaust, 20, 30, 74 Israeli newspapers, 5 Holocaust Memorial in Berlin Israeli Warm Home, 93 (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe), 30 Honkyoku music, 14 J Hood, Bruce, 68, 99n6 Jacob, Walter (Rabbi), 83, 88, Huxley, Aldous, 52n62, 83, 95, 96, 101n23, 106n83 106n86, 110n163, 111n169 Japan/Japanese, vii, viiin1, ixn3, ixn4, Hyper-arousal, 27 14, 16–19, 21, 22, 34, 38, 73 Hypercompetitive, 45 imperialism, 17 Hyper-connectivity, 36 militarism during World War II, 16 Hypo-arousal, 27 samurai ethics, viiin1, 18, 19 tea ceremony, 14 Jātaka, 22 I Jerryson, Michael K., 21, 56n122, Ibn Ezra, Abraham, 10, 97 57n132, 57n135, 66n256 Idel, Moshe, 10, 52n64, 97, 111n174 Jesus, 76, 87, 89 Idolatry (avodah zarah), 12, 52n61 Jew-hating history, 16 Illegal, 67, 70–72, 82, 83, 92 Jewish Buddhists, 12, 30 Imperial College London, 73, 74 Jewish Community Centre London, 6 India/Indian, vii, 19, 21, 43, Jewish historical experience, 20 57n135, 84, 93 Jewish humor, 10 118 INDEX

Jewish law, 3, 82 Kabbalists, 81, 97 Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel at Kabuki, 14 Stanford University, 5 Kamakura period, 19 Jewish Meditation Advanced Training Kaplan, Aryeh (Rabbi), 81, (JMAT), 31 105n73, 105n74 Jewish Meditation Center of Kaplan, Dana Evan, 2, 48n2, 48n3 Brooklyn, 4 Kapleau, Philip, 16, 29 Jewish Meditation Center of Karma, 20 Montclair, New Jersey, 5 Kashrut, 10, 40 Jewish Mindfulness Network Katz, Steven T., 52n63, 80, 105n72, (JMN), 5 110n160, 111n172 Jewish mindfulness teacher Kfar Izun, 93 certifcate, 5 Khmer Rouge, 21 Jewish Renewal movement, 3, 13, Killings, 16, 17, 19, 55n104 15, 81, 97 Kim Il-sung, 30 Jewish Social Service Agency Kinesthetic sensations, 27 (JSSA), 36 Kippah, 42 Jewish suffering, 20 Knesset, 93 Jewish summer camps, 4 Korean, 21 Jewish Yoga, 70 Korean War, 21 Jhana meditation, 13 Kornfeld, Jack, 27, 38, 64n229 Jobs, Steve, 72, 79 Kotler, Moshe, 73 Johns Hopkins University, 73, 76, 96 Ktoret, 88 Joiner, Thomas, 28, 30, 51n48, Kungye, 21 61n181, 61n182, 65n239 Joshu Sasaki, 38 Jubus, 12, 13, 16 L Judge/Judgment, 3, 9, 10, 40, 68, 74 Laichter, Alison, 4 Judgment-free awareness and Landau, Samuel, 8, 52n54 acceptance, 25 Laplace, Pierre-Simon, 91 Jung, C. G., 29 Law of the land is the law, 83 Jünger, Ernst, 74, 104n44 Leah, 88 JW3, 6 Leary, Timothy, 70, 96, 100n20, 111n166 Legalization, 73 K Lester, Chaya, 31 Kabat-Zinn, Jon, ixn4, 25, 29, 31, 40, Lester, Hillel (Rabbi), 15, 31, 32 44, 61n183 Leviticus 16:2, 90 Kabbalah, 13, 69, 71, 81, 85, Leviticus 26:37:1, 20 86, 95, 97 Levy, Yael (Rabbi), 4 Kabbalistic, 86, 88, 91, 97 Lew, Alan (Rabbi), 6 INDEX 119

Life-improvement technique, 13 Mescaline, 81, 83, 86, 91 Lifestyle mentors, 16 Michaelson, Ellen, 86 Lindahl, Jared R., 28, Michaelson, Jay (Rabbi), 13, 54n89, 60n166, 60n173 86, 107n98 Literature of the Five Mountains, 14 Microdosing, 69 Lodzer, Itzik, 85, 107n97 Middle class, 45 Loneliness, viii, 3, 35–37, 40, 46, 47, Middle East, 75 63n212, 72, 80, 85 Mikvah, 4, 79 Loss of a concept of time, 77 Military classes, 17, 19 Loss of appetite, 25 Military mind, 17 Loss of motivation, 27, 43 Military spirit, 18 Loss of one’s ego, 68, 77, 78, 96 Millenials, 34 Lysergic acid, 81 Miller, Daniel, 94, 110n159 Mindful eating, 2, 35 Mindfulness-based interventions in M schools, 7 Maezumi, Taizan, 17, 38 Mindfulness-based stress reduction Magical, 44, 95 (MBSR), 7, 29 Magic realism, 80 Mindlessness, 24, 25, 30 Maimonides, 9, 83 Mind-wandering, 25 Maisels, James Jacobson Minyan, 6, 35 (Rabbi), 6 Modern Buddhist, 16 Makor Or Center for Jewish Modern Orthodox synagogues, 33 Meditation, 4, 6 Mogao Caves, 85 Mandalas, 13 Moishe House, 5, 34 Mantras, 13 Monasticism, 22, 57n135 Marcuse, 91, 92, 109n135 Mongol, 21 Marijuana, 93 Monks, 18–21, 28, 39 Marriage, 23, 36, 45 Mood swings, 74 Marsh Chapel experiment, 76 Moral conventions, 19 Mass mania, 90 Morally, 17, 21, 37 Mass suicide, 28 Morris, Hamilton, 92, Masuzawa, Tomoko, 23, 58n142 109n141, 109n143 Maurer, Adah, 80, 105n71 Moses, 32, 87–89 McDaniel, June, 82, 106n82 Multidisciplinary Association McKenna, Terence, 80 for Psychedelic Studies Meditation retreats, 13, 18, 27, 44 (MAPS), 73, 74, 76, 94, Meditation sickness, 28 109n139, 110n162 Mental health problems, 41 Music, vii, 10, 14, 15, 34, 47, 72, Mental hygiene, 30, 47 84, 96, 97 Merkavah, 86 Muslim Burmese, 20 Merkur, Dan, 89, 108n122 Muslims, 20, 21 120 INDEX

Mystical/Mystics, 8, 10, 11, 13, 46, Opera, 18, 37, 56n114 69, 70, 74–76, 80, 82, 83, 85, Opioid crisis, 25, 74 89, 96, 97, 103n38, 109n140 Oregon, 70 Mysticism, 10, 12, 18, 31, 69, 80, 82, Or HaLev Center for Jewish 86, 93, 97 Spirituality and Meditation, 6, 7, 41, 50n42, 65n242 Orot Center for New Jewish N Learning, 4, 31 Narcissus, 30 Orthodox, 4, 8, 11, 21, 33, 36, 39, Nature, 3, 6, 9, 23, 30, 33, 34, 38, 84, 91, 92 40, 45–47, 75, 76, 79, 87, Orthodox Union, 91 99n10, 108n120 Overeating, 25 Nazi/Nazis, 17, 18, 20 Oxygen mask culture, 47 Needleman, Yosef, 81, 82 Oz, Amos, 10, 52n66, 97, 111n181 Negev desert, 47 Oz-Salzberger, Fania, 10, 52n66, Neo-Nazis, 74, 103n43 97, 111n181 Neurophysiologists, 86 Neuroscientist, 44, 77 Neurotheology, 90 P Neurotic, 37, 84, 85 Pahnke, Walter, 76 New Age, 69, 70 Paleobotany, 87 The New Age Movement, 69 Palestinians, 74 Nhat Hanh, Thich, ixn4, 25 Panic attacks, 27, 74 Nichiren Buddhism, 17 Paranoia, 25, 28, 74, 85 Nicotine, 72, 73, 101n24 Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Niculescu, Mira, 11, 13, 49n21, Brondesbury Park Synagogue, 5 53n71, 53n73, 54n78, Pathologies, 42, 45 54n82, 54n83 Peace/peaceful, viii, 2, 16, 18–22, 37, Niddah 30b, 83 71, 74, 75 Noah, 75 Penicillin, 72 Nobel Prize, 72 Perachyah, Joshua ben (Rabbi), 10 No-self, 34, 62n200 Perlmeter, Rex (Rabbi), 6 Nuns, 21 Persecution of the Jewish people, 12 Nyams, 28 Persian, 19 Personality change, 73 Pesachim 113a, 83 O Pesharim, 87 Oakland, 48n1, 70 Pharmaceuticals, 73, 74, 94 Odysseus, 89 Physical activity, 46 Okinawa Institute of Science and Physiological disorders, 28 Technology, 73 Pinson, DovBer, 11, 51n53, 53n70 Olam ha-ze, 20 Pirkei Avot, 10, 16 INDEX 121

Pirkei Mosheh, 83 Richards, William A., 52n62, 76, 96, Policy-makers, 42 104n51, 104n52, 104n57, Political campaigns, 43 111n171, 111n183 Political parties, 42 Rite of passage, 93, 94 Pol Pot, 21 Ritual, 20, 23, 34, 94 Poverty, 42 Roboticists, 86 Prayer, 4, 9–11, 14, 35, 37, 81, 97 Rock gardens, 14 Prehistoric trauma, 80 Rosenzweig, Franz, 79 Prisons, 24 Rotenberg, Ken J., 40, 65n238 Prophets of Judaism, 90 Roth, Jeff (Rabbi), 41, 65n243 Protestant, 12, 21 Ruck, Carl A. P., 87, 101n21 Proverbs 5:15, 81 Ryan, Tim, 7, 42 Psilocybin, 69, 70, 73, 76, 87, 99n10, 101n24, 103n38, 104n52, 104n57, 104n58, 105n61, 105n65 S Psychoanalysis, 22, 83 Sacks, Jonathan (Rabbi), 31, 61n185 Psychological/psychologically, 3, 12, Salem witch trials, 90 25, 27, 29, 38, 39, 42, 45, 88, 98 Salzberg, Sharon, 43, 65n247, 65n249 Psychonaut, 74 Samurai, viiin1, xn5, 18, 19 Psychosis, 25, 27, 74, 90, 93 Sanbo Kyodan organization, of Psychosis-like symptoms, 27 Japanese Zen, 16 Psychotherapy, vii, 13, 39, 59n155, 92 San Francisco Zen Center, 38, 39 Psychotic breakdowns, 85 Sanskrit, vii, 18 PTSD, 41, 69, 102n34, 102n35 Santa Cruz, 70 Public elementary schools, 7 Sautter, Cia, 13, 54n88 Puddicomb, Andy, 39 Savlanut, 5 Purpose, 10, 16, 32, 35, 85 Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman Purser, Ronald, 42, 59n150, 65n245 (Rabbi), 81 Pursuit of happiness, 32, 44 Schisler, Rebecca, 6 Schizophrenia, 25, 29, 89 Scholem, Gershom, 8, 18, 56n115, R 79, 91, 97, 105n67, 111n76, Rabbeinu Bahya, 20 111n77, 111n78 Rachel, 88 Schools, ixn3, 2, 5–7, 13, 24, 30, 40, Reality, viii, 10, 14, 15, 26, 29, 31, 55n103, 74, 86, 93 32, 41, 68, 71, 72, 80, 81, 84, 97 Science of the mind, 23 Reality-monitoring accuracy, 26 Scientifc religion, 23 Reconstructionist, 4, 11 Secular Judaism, 22 Reform, 34 Seizure, 25 Religion during an emergency, 17 Self, 3, 25, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 44, Renewal, 11, 43 62n200, 69, 75, 77–79, 86, 87, Retreat, 5, 6, 13, 18, 26, 27, 31, 44 94, 107n103 122 INDEX

Self-acceptance/self-accepting, 31, 32 Shimano, Eido Tai, 38 Self-actualization, 31, 45 Shin, Handa, 18 Self-aware/self-awareness, viii, 9, 32, 46 Shingon Buddhism, 34 Self-blame, 42 Shohin, 9 Self-conception, 31 Shy, Yael, 4–5 Self-confdence, 31 Sigalow, Emily, 12, 15, 53n75, 54n80, Self-consciousness, 31 54n87, 54n98 Self-discipline, 41 Silicon Valley, 2 Self-discovery, 31 Silverstein, Daniel (Rabbi), 5, 35, 44 Self-esteem, 31 Singapore, 21 Self-focus/self-focused, vii, 7, 30, Slater, Jonathan, 14, 15, 31, 37, 46 54n90, 54n95 Self-forgiving, 32 Sobbing, 25 Self-harm, 21 Social isolation, 35 Self-help books, 32 Social media, 30, 42, 87 Selfes, 30, 31 Sōhei, 21 Self-image, 31 Soloveitchik, Joseph B. (Rabbi), 36, Self-immolation, 21 63n217, 82 Self-improvement, 16, 33 South Korea, 21 Self-interest, 31 Spaced out, 27 Self-knowledge, 31 Spicer, André, 16, 54n99 Self-mummifcations, 21 Spirits/spiritual/spirituality, viii, viiin2, Self-reliance, 31 2, 4–6, 11–15, 17, 18, 20, 22–25, Self-theories, 86 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37–42, Sengcan, Jianzhi, 19 44–47, 51n52, 53n73, 58n144, Sensitivity to light and sound, 27 70, 72, 74–77, 79, 81–83, 90, Sensory hypersensitivity, 27 91, 94, 95, 97, 98 Separation from one’s ego, 70 audio-tapes, 24 Serotonin, 74 experiences, 69, 70, 76, 81, 95 Seth, Anil, 68, 99n1, 99n4 molecule, 75, 91 Sexual misconduct, 38 spending, 2 Shabbat, 10, 15, 40 waywardness, 38 Shakespeare, William, 9 Springer, Mychal B. (Rabbi), Shaku Sōen, 18, 20 36, 63n212 The Shalev Center in Jerusalem, 31 Sri Lanka, 20 Shamanic, 21, 86 SS, 18 Shamanism, 69, 70 Stalin, J., 30 Shanon, Benny, 87–89, Stanley, Sheila, 29, 61n178 107n109, 108n121 Statecraft, 22 Shaolin Kungfu, 19 Stolaroff, Myron J., 92, 109n139 Shaolin Monastery, 19 Strassman, Rick, 52n65, 75, 79, 90, Shia, 21 91, 98, 100n12, 104n49, INDEX 123

105n69, 108n125, 108n128, Therapeutic, 30, 33, 43, 69–75, 111n164, 111n180, 111n184 84, 101n24 Strickman, Norman (Rabbi), 90 Therapist/therapists, 29–32 Strikes, 43 Theravāda, 2, 13, 16, 20, 27, Student debt, 42 34, 64n228 Sugar, 72, 94 Theta brain waves, 6, 7 Suicidal, 27, 28, 95 Third Chinese Patriarch of Chan, 19 Suizen, 14 Thompson, Evan, 22, 23, 58n139 Sukkah, 5, 79 Tibetan Buddhism, 13, 18, 27, 38 Supramundane, 23 Tikkun olam, 9, 15, 44 Sutta, 28 Tish B’Av, 20 Suzuki, D.T., 17, 18, 53n74, Tolstoy, Leo, 14, 18, 54n95 56n108, 56n110 Torah Yoga, 8, 10, 15, 37, 78, 79, 82, Symbolic, 10, 12, 97 89, 94, 97 Symbolic thinking, viii, 15 Trauma fashbacks, 27 Symbols, 14, 18 Tree of Knowledge, 88 Synagogue, 5, 33, 79, 92 True-self, 34, 62n200 Synesthetes, 68 Trungpa, Chogyam, 38 Sytner, Tzvi (Rabbi), 32, 33 Twitter, 42 Tzedakah, 10

T Ta Mok, 21 U Tabernacle, 90 University Hospital Basel, 73 Tabernanthe iboga, 75 University of New Mexico Taizan Maezumi, 17, 38 Hospital, 98 Talmud/Talmudic, 9, 10, 15, 20, Unrest, 16, 17 35, 83, 88 U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research Tamil, 20 and Quality, 24 Tao Tê Ching, 98 U.S. Department of Education, 7 Taoist, 98 Tausch, Arno, 21, 56n123, 57n125, 57n126 V Tefllah, 6 Victim-blaming, 46 Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, 5 Victoria, Brian, ixn4, 18, 55n103, Ten Commandments, 88 55n104, 56n107, 56n109, Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 78 56n111, 56n113, 56n116, 56n120 Terrorist attack, 25 Vietnam War, 21 Terrorists, 20, 25 Violence, 19–22 Teshuvah, 20 Vipassana, 38 Thailand, 20 Vipassana Buddhism, 13 Theoneurology, 90 Volynov, Boris, 85 124 INDEX

W World Values Survey, 21 Wabi-sabi, 14 Wüst, Walther, 18 Wagner, Richard, 18 War, vii, 2, 17–19, 55n103, 57n135 Y Warrior caste, 21 Yasutani, Hakuun, 16, 17, 29, 38 Washington, D.C., 4, 70 Yeshiva, 37, 79 Watts, Alan, 14, 19, 56n118, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical 56n119, 79, 82, 105n68, School, 5 106n81 Yishuv hada’at, 8 “A Way In Jewish Mindfulness Yoma 9b, 20 Organization,” 4 Yoritomo, 19 Well-being, 3, 28, 31, 35, 41, 44, Yoseph Leib ibn Mardachya, 82 47, 77, 88 Wellness syndrome, 16 Wertheimer, Jack, 33 Z Wild animals, 36, 44, 75, 79, 80 Zaklikowski, Dovid, 83, 106n85 Wilkolm, Catherine, 25 Zeff, Leo, 92 Wilson, Brent M., 25, 59n159 Zen sickness, 28 Wilson, Jeff, 12, 53n74 Zen-Nazism, 18, 56n115 Wolfson, Ron, 36, 63n211 Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, 34 Workers, 41, 43, 44, 77 Zimmerman, Jill Berkson Working-class, 92 (Rabbi), 5, 43 World Economic Forum, 2 Zohar, 72, 88