Noah Levine’s Engaged Buddhism
Noah Levine’s Engaged Buddhism: On Meeting War with Transformation; the war within and collective wars. Advertisements
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Cherish All Beings
Let none through anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another. Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths; Outwards and unbounded, Freed from… Read More Cherish All Beings
Mental Health and Globalization: An Alternative Theory on the Mental Health Crisis
By Josh Pendergrass “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick society.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti I have a secret that I usually keep locked up inside of myself, hidden from even those who know me well: I suffer from depression. At times it is a deep, bottomless depression, an intense… Read More Mental Health and Globalization: An Alternative Theory on the Mental Health Crisis
Robert Sapolsky: the Biological Basis of Religiosity
Robert Sapolsky Explains the Biological Basis of Religiosity, and What It Shares in Common with OCD, Schizophrenia & Epilepsy Robert Sapolsky, professor at U California Berkeley, is one of my favourite scientists teaching today. His work on primatology and it’s relation to human neuroscience is fascinating. His work on chaos theory has had a deep influence… Read More Robert Sapolsky: the Biological Basis of Religiosity
Toward a Buddhist Sociology, Pt. 2: The Deconstruction of the Self
Once the Buddhist practitioner-sociologist has demythologized and deconstructed his/her social word, indeed even the physical world (science is a social construction and a product of social processes), then it becomes possible to deconstruct the self. “There is no self” is a principle of Buddhism that is both true (as a Buddhist principle) and ‘not true’, depending on how one defines… Read More Toward a Buddhist Sociology, Pt. 2: The Deconstruction of the Self
Mindfulness’ “truthiness” problem: the ‘Science’ of Mindfulness
SATURDAY, DEC 6, 2014 11:45 AM AST Sam Harris wants practitioners out of religion business. But the supposed science behind it is its own mythology RONALD PURSER AND ANDREW COOPER Stephen Colbert, Sam Harris (Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Simon & Schuster/Ray Garcia/Photo montage by Salon) The spike of popular interest in the mindfulness movement, with its enthusiastic endorsements among celebrities,… Read More Mindfulness’ “truthiness” problem: the ‘Science’ of Mindfulness
Towards a Buddhist Sociology: The Power of Collective Projections
After reading much Buddhist text, I realize that what Buddhism teaches is to deconstruct the power of projection. “Our worlds” are a projection of our minds; tantric connection with a “deity” is a projection that we both create and destroy. Much of our klesha suffering is the result of our projections onto others and the… Read More Towards a Buddhist Sociology: The Power of Collective Projections
