Background
Rosenberg was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants and grew up in Coney Island in a working-class family.
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Rosenberg was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants and grew up in Coney Island in a working-class family.
Rosenberg got his Bachelor of Science at Brooklyn College and his Doctor of Philosophy in social psychology from the University of Chicago, where he also subsequently taught.
He is also a resident teacher there. Rosenberg was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and Harvard Medical School. His father, who had Marxist leanings, came from 14 generations of rabbis.
A major turning point that influenced this decision was his introduction to the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti and Vimala Thakar.
Anagarika Munindra was his first Vipassana teacher. 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 also forms the basis of his teachings at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.
