Background
David A. Cooper was born on April 8, 1939.
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1992
(Intended for anyone contemplating a retreat, this helpful...)
Intended for anyone contemplating a retreat, this helpful guide explores the history and literature of mysticism, describes traditional spiritual practices, and leads the reader through all aspects of the retreat experience. Never before has a guide covered such a wide variety of religious traditions and spiritual practices.
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1992
(The fascinating record of David Cooper's own spiritual li...)
The fascinating record of David Cooper's own spiritual life, and how the union between himself and his wife has been strengthened by spiritual practice. It is also one of the most perceptive accounts of meditation practice ever written.
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1994
(Drawing upon the mystical traditions of Judaism, Rabbi Co...)
Drawing upon the mystical traditions of Judaism, Rabbi Cooper expertly renders the practical and spiritual guidelines for creating a personal Jewish retreat.
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1995
(Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah ...)
Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah was restricted to qualified men over forty — because it was believed that only the most mature and pious could grasp its complexity and profound, life-changing implications. More recently, Kabbalah nearly disappeared — as most of its practitioners perished in the Holocaust. In the national bestseller God Is a Verb, this powerful spiritual tradition, after centuries of secrecy and near-extinction, is explained clearly by one of its most prominent teachers.
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1997
(Kabbalah, it is said, was brought down from heaven by ang...)
Kabbalah, it is said, was brought down from heaven by angels. The great mystics of Judaism originally passed its teachings by word of mouth only, believing that the secrets of the Kabbalah transcended the written word. In this great oral tradition, The Mystical Kabbalah will immerse listeners in the traditional school for reaching peace through union with God.
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1997
David A. Cooper was born on April 8, 1939.
David A. Cooper has been a student of Sufism, initiated by Pir Vilayat Khan, as well as Zen Buddhism with Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Tibetan Buddhism with Tsoknyi Rinpoche. He has studied and sat on retreat with many Vipassana teachers, from both the East and the West, in the Theravadin tradition. His primary teachers have been Rabbi Zalman Shachter-Shalomi and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.
Prior to his time in Israel, David A. Cooper owned a business in Washington D.C., doing political consulting, and before that he worked at the Democratic National Committee in the infamous Watergate, as the Director of Research.
In the early 1990s, Cooper became director of the Heart of Stillness Hermitage, an ecumenical retreat in Boulder, Colorado. Cooper was ordained a rabbi, studied and continues to practice Buddhism, and draws from the practices of spiritual retreat within the Christian, Hindu, and Islamic religions.
David A. Cooper has written about many of his experiences in seven books and two sets of CDs. His most popular book "God Is a Verb" has been a national best seller, with over 125,000 copies in print in English, plus being available for Dutch, Portuguese, Rumanian and East Indian readers.
David's best selling audio set "The Mystical Kabbalah" was for a while one of the top ten best selling series at the well known firm of Sounds True. He has appeared on public radio and public television, as well as the main subject in a Dutch produced documentary on Jewish Mysticism.
(Since medieval times, the mystical tradition of Kabbalah ...)
1997(Intended for anyone contemplating a retreat, this helpful...)
1992(Drawing upon the mystical traditions of Judaism, Rabbi Co...)
1995(The fascinating record of David Cooper's own spiritual li...)
1994(Kabbalah, it is said, was brought down from heaven by ang...)
1997Rabbi David A. Cooper was born a Jew but embraced Orthodox Judaism in the 1980s while living in Israel with his wife, a convert to Judaism.
David A. Cooper is comfortable in dialogue with many different traditions. Some have called him "the Buddhist Rabbi".
David A. Cooper is married Shoshana.
