2016-03-19T00:04:12-06:00

Last updated on: March 19, 2016 at 12:04 am   By

For the next three days I will be in Boulder CO at the Mindfulness, MOOCs, and Money in Higher Education conference hosted by Naropa University. Come say hello if you see me. Tonight we had the opening panel discussion, where a number of the questions facing us over the next few days were raised: What should education be, and how does contemplative thought/study fit in? How can contemplative educators engage in decisions being made in Higher Education? What do we/they have to offer?... Read more

2016-03-17T00:58:45-06:00

Last updated on: March 17, 2016 at 12:58 am   By

So, recently I found this at the local supermarket: To be honest, I felt this was in poor taste because: It uses a lot of Asian and Buddhist stereotypical clichés. The Buddha warned against “consuming intoxicants” as part of the Five Precepts. The “fat Buddha” isn’t even a Buddha. However the website does include a nice explanation clarifying this. Anyhow, I don’t necessarily want people to boycott the company because its employees depend on it for their livelihood, but I... Read more

2016-03-15T15:23:32-06:00

Last updated on: March 15, 2016 at 3:23 pm   By

A guest post by Pierce Salguero About two months ago, we began to notice a new presence on the streets of Philadelphia’s Chinatown. A cadre of volunteers in red and gold jackets was hitting the pavement, handing out fliers in English and Chinese to announce the arrival of a new organization called Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. Their glossy color fliers announce a “practical Buddhist approach to alleviating suffering and making life better.” Through the “effective and systematic” practices of... Read more

2016-03-13T22:28:53-06:00

Last updated on: March 13, 2016 at 10:28 pm   By

Capitalizing on the ongoing surge in mindfulness popularity, comedian, actor, and motivational speaker Kyle Cease has produced a witty look into meditation in the contemporary world. Borrowing the last name of my favorite figure skater, Kyle co-comments on an Olympics-styled competition between three meditators: An average Joe, just starting out (rather strangely said to be from Bangladesh) A super-metaphysical gadget-laiden hippyesque woman, and An Asian clad with all of the Western world’s projections of what a spiritual Asian man should... Read more

2016-03-12T18:43:51-07:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2016 at 6:43 pm   By

The celebrated author, feminist, teacher, and scholar said in a video uploaded last week: “I can no longer be a Hillary Clinton supporter!” She continued, “there are certain things that I don’t want to cosign in the name of feminism that I think are militarist, imperialist, white supremacist, whether they are conducted by women or men.” She noted that this is a difficult issue for women who want to see a woman president and there is a conflict between, “identity... Read more

2016-03-12T18:43:32-07:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2016 at 6:43 pm   By

The Shantideva Meditation Center of New York City has announced that Professor Jan Willis will offer a public talk and weekend teachings at Tibet House in the city. From the announcement: Friday, April 8 from 7 to 9pm  Today’s media stories reflect major divisions of race, class, faith, and gender in the United States. Amid concerns about institutionalized racism, the gap between the rich and poor, religious intolerance, and gender inequality, people are angry and confused. Around 2500 years ago, the... Read more

2016-03-10T19:20:46-07:00

Last updated on: March 10, 2016 at 7:20 pm   By

Today, Tibetans and supporters of a free Tibet around the world mark the 57th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 uprising against Chinese occupation. On that day thousands of Tibetans flooded the streets of the capital city, Lhasa, to protest eight years of armed occupation by the Communist Party of China and to protect the Dalai Lama from a plot to kidnap and likely kill him. In response to this, the Chinese military rounded up an executed members of the Dalai... Read more

2018-01-18T09:23:30-07:00

Last updated on: January 18, 2018 at 9:23 am   By

Sitting with noted psychologist Richard Davidson, the Dalai Lama answered questions from Dan Harris (author of 10% Happier, about his experience with meditation) this week. Below is a partial transcript from the video. Dan Harris begins: “Can I ask just ask one last question and this is a more earthly question. I know you follow the news you listen to BBC. I’m just curious if you have any views on the presidential candidate in this country who’s making the most noise: Donald... Read more

2016-03-07T17:07:32-07:00

Last updated on: March 7, 2016 at 5:07 pm   By

Readers here will recall Robert Wright from a series of lectures he gave two years ago via Coursera on Psychology and Buddhism: Week one: 1st and 2nd Noble Truths two: 3rd and 4th Noble Truths three: non-self four: what is the “you”? five: meditation That course, while pitched to a wide audience, introduced and explored a number of key Buddhist philosophical and practical points with laudable clarity and insight. Now Robert Wright is continuing what he uncovered in that series with... Read more

2016-03-07T16:44:22-07:00

Last updated on: March 7, 2016 at 4:44 pm   By

This is from FiveThirtyEight‘s coverage of today’s voting. Besides showing Sanders on his way to a very likely victory in Oklahoma, it gives his supporters two other crucial pieces of information. For one, it’s a state which, according to this, was polling favorably for Clinton consistently leading into tonight’s voting. Second, it shows Sanders winning despite Clinton taking in not twice as much money, not three or four times, but over SIX TIMES as much money. It shows that Sanders... Read more

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