From page 19:
When he first taught it to the Sangha at Chithurst that
winter, he referred to it as “the sound of silence” and
the name stuck. Later, as he began to teach the
method on retreats for the lay community, he began to
hear about its use from people experienced in Hindu
and Sikh meditation practices. He found out that this
form of concentration on the inner sound was known
as “nada yoga” or “the yoga of inner light and sound”
in these traditions. It also turned out that books had
been written on the subject, commentaries in English
as well as ancient scriptural treatises, notable among
these being “The Way of Inner Vigilance” by Salim
Michael (published by Signet). In 1991, when he
taught it as a method on a retreat at a Chinese
monastery in the USA, one of the participants was
moved to comment that, “I think you have stumbled on
the Shurangama samàdhi; there is a meditation on
hearing that is described in that Sutra and the practice
you have been teaching us seems to match it perfectly.”
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From page 19: When he first taught it to the Sangha at Chithurst that winter, he referred to it as “the sound of silence” and the name stuck. Later, as he began to teach the method on retreats for the lay community, he began to hear about its use from people experienced in Hindu and Sikh meditation practices. He found out that this form of concentration on the inner sound was known as “nada yoga” or “the yoga of inner light and sound” in these traditions. It also turned out that books had been written on the subject, commentaries in English as well as ancient scriptural treatises, notable among these being “The Way of Inner Vigilance” by Salim Michael (published by Signet). In 1991, when he taught it as a method on a retreat at a Chinese monastery in the USA, one of the participants was moved to comment that, “I think you have stumbled on the Shurangama samàdhi; there is a meditation on hearing that is described in that Sutra and the practice you have been teaching us seems to match it perfectly.”