Adyashanti is an American-born spiritual teacher based in California, whose teachings have been compared to those of the early Zen masters and Advaita Vedanta sages, in which living truth emerges out of emptiness, free from any tradition or ideology. Adyashanti’s latest book, The End of Your World, is forthcoming on SoundsTrue. He regularly leads Open Gate Sangha retreats at the Garrison Institute, where we recently asked him about his practice and its connection to social change.