MacArthur Foundation NEWS Meet The Queer Woman Who Proved Einstein’s Theory About Gravitational Waves “I am just myself,” says Prof. Nergis Mavalvala. “But out of that comes something positive.” by Dan Avery 2/15/2016 Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime—almost a century ago. But until recently there was no way to observe them. But… Read More Prof. Nergis Mavalvala Proved Einstein’s Theory of Gravitational Waves

Black lesbian nominated by President Obama for federal judge post By Mo Barnes   |  January 16, 2014 11:35 PM EST Lesbian achievement  in government and society took a giant leap forward as President Obama nominated Staci Michelle Yandle to the Southern District Court of Illinois. If Yandle wins confirmation, she will be the first black judge to… Read More Staci Michelle Yandle Nominated to Federal Court

The idea of egolessness has often been used to obscure the reality of birth, suffering and death. The problem is that, once we have a notion of egolessness and a notion of pain, birth and death, then we can easily entertain or justify ourselves by saying that pain does not exist because there is no… Read More Chogyam Trungpa: Shunyata as Cheap Escapism

Gravitational waves image rendered by LIGO. Remarkably beautiful and much like a lotus flower. Meta Buddhist Inquiry has been having an email summit on the discovery of gravitational waves and what that means about the cosmos, space-time, and the Buddhist concept of emptiness. [Note: this email exchange is published with the permission of the contributors.] Hey [a… Read More Gravitational Waves: XPostNon Confronts the ‘Void’

Scientists are claiming a stunning discovery in their quest to fully understand gravity. They have observed the warping of space-time generated by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth. The international team says the first detection of these gravitational waves will usher in a new era for astronomy. It… Read More Gravitational Waves: the Relative Universe

Join Us for a Conversation on Secular Activism and the Sacred You’re invited! Dear Friends on the Path, You are invited to join One Earth Sangha on February 28 from 12:30 to 2:00 pm US Eastern Time for an online webinar featuring our own Lou Leonard, head of the World Wildlife Fund’s climate program, and Zen teacher Kritee… Read More Secular Activism, Buddhist Path

I’m looking for images of Buddha and Buddhism, drawings and paintings, that are modernist and post-modernist. For myself I would like to create new images of Buddha and Buddhism that speak to the modernist situation that I practice in. This begs the question: what is a Buddhist image? what elements make it Buddhist? is there… Read More Nudist Cubist Buddhist