Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Can mindfulness improve high school students' concentration?

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From the BBC Magazine "...The practice of mindfulness - which draws on Buddhist thinking - has become increasingly popular in rec...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

Be mindful when you smoke and booze.

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    A simple way to break a bad habit - Judson Brewer at TEDMED 2015 Can we break bad habits by being more curious about...
Sunday, 15 November 2015

Tonglen Meditation - Mutually Assured Destruction of Bad Karma

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Meditation environment To perform this meditation it helps to be in a suitable environment and maintain a correct posture. Suitable ...
Thursday, 12 November 2015

What is truth?

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Philosophy is the search for truth, which is founded on the premise that there is at least one true statement that can be made about...
Sunday, 1 November 2015

Mindfulness may get UK Government cash

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By Abi Jackson in The Northern Echo "... I'm in a small room off Westminster Hall in London's Houses of Parliament, along ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Mindfulness at risk of being 'turned into a free market commodity'

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From The Guardian by Harriet Sherwood "The mindfulness movement is in danger of being turned into a commodity, “a product to be bo...
Friday, 16 October 2015

Iraq's leading Shia cleric declares jihad against Buddhists

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Never mind the spelling - it's the thought that counts From Jihadwatch 'During a recent televised interview with Grand Ayatol...
Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Buddhism, David Hume and the Delusion of the Self

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In this modern era of instant global communications, it's easy to forget just how difficult the transmission of ideas was in earlier ...
Monday, 28 September 2015

Why Materialism is Crap

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Catholic philosopher Ed Feser has published an excellent critique of materialism at the Claremont Review.   The points he makes are va...
Friday, 21 August 2015

Quantum Physics - excellent TV program by Jim Al-Khalili

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  Einstein's Nightmare by Jim Al-Khalili on BBC 4.  Do we create reality? Fascinating TV program on quantum physics This is the...
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 ...