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Main Areas: Main area of expertise academically is the spiritual literature of Chinese and Sanskrit, (in which he earned a PhD. from UC Berkeley in comparative literature) most specifically Buddhism. He is also a meditator of 35 years standing in the passage meditation tradition. He has led workshops in passage meditation and the art of changing consciousness through reflection and mental redoing of critical events on one's past-- a practice he is now calling direct awakening.Dr. Stephen Ruppenthal is the author of The Path of Direct Awakening: Passages for Meditation.. He is also the co-author of Eknath Easwaran’s edition of The Dhammapada and the author of Keats and Zen. He has taught meditation and courses on Han Shan at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Dr. Ruppenthal is an international workshop leader in passage meditation and in courses for those looking for end of life spiritual care and for the spiritual step component of twelve step programs. Visit Stephen’s work at www.directawakenings.com.
