Monday, 6 July 2015

Can you debiologize your mind? And if you do will anything remain?

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  The Seven Deadly Sins Religious traditionalists have criticised scientists who study the physical effects of spiritual activitie...
Sunday, 26 April 2015

Vatican Calls on Buddhists and Christians to Stand Up Against Modern-Day Slavery

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From The Christian Times by Monica Cantilero "The Vatican is encouraging Buddhists and Christians to work together to end modern-da...
Thursday, 16 April 2015

The Emptiness of Emptiness

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The Two Truths of Buddhism and The Emptiness of Emptiness From an excellent article by Susan Kahn      "...Nagarjuna’s doctrine of ...
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Thursday, 26 March 2015

Meditation - short term craze or long term opportunity for the growth of Buddhism?

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Suddenly everybody’s meditating   - from stressed-out film stars and business executives, to senior citizens trying to slow down the effec...
Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Could meditation apps help the growth of Buddhism in the West?

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The recent growth in the popularity of meditation has given rise to a range of meditation apps for phones and tablets.   Most of these ...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Buddhism and secular meditation - conflict or cooperation?

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Traditional Buddhist Meditation Methods Meditation is all the rage at the moment in academia, business, the medical profession and also ...
Saturday, 21 February 2015

Buddhism reduces religious intolerance - even among non-Buddhists.

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Monotheistic intolerance From The Pacific Standard by Tom Jacobs "Love Religion, but Hate Intolerance? Try Buddhism   New res...
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Sunday, 15 February 2015

Chaplain's Corner - Rev. Scott Kershner

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From  The Crusader 'When I was a junior in college, I left southern Minnesota and studied for a semester in Thailand. The study of...
Thursday, 12 February 2015

Family Values - Christians and Buddhists meet in Bodh Gaya

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Interfaith Meeting in Bodh Gaya From Vatican Radio    "Fifteen delegates from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue,...

Historical Sites Recall When Kazakhstan Was Buddhist

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  By Michelle Witte in Kazakhstan Tourism on 9 February 'ASTANA – Kazakhstan today is a mostly Muslim country, but the Silk Road t...
Saturday, 7 February 2015

Meditation helps prevent Alzheimer’s disease

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Meditation can help ward off Alzheimer’s disease by keeping the mind younger for longer From the Daily Express "Research appears to...
Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Disembodied minds and consciousness without the brain

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Does the mind need the brain in order to function?  Can there be such things as disembodied minds?  Can minds exist without matter? Accordin...
Wednesday, 28 January 2015

The equation that explains everything?

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My cheat sheet says the answer is 42 Did you know that we are nothing but biological machines governed by physical processes which, a...