Transcultural Buddhism

The first priority of all living organisms is to maintain a steady state, known as homeostasis - the regulated stability of structures, ...

Recent research has shown that Buddhist meditation can not only affect long-term behavior, but can actually alter the structure of the b...

Opening the doors of perception ?  Go ask Alice by Carolyn Gregoire In the Huffington Post "The history of Buddhism and of psyc...

Aspects, components and interfaces Buddhism - a religion, a philosophy or a psychology? Or all three? Most religions have...

From Global Times   "Li Shanshan, a 29-year-old girl in Beijing, sat quietly on the ground in a dimly lit room with light music ...

From Beliefnet      "...Buddhists believe that Siddhartha attained a state that was free of conditions—things like upbringing...

From the Telegraph "Children should be taught Buddhist meditation techniques and yoga in schools to help them "unplug from t...

Buddhism & Philosophy - an interview with Graham Priest see also Buddhist Philosophy

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

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

Meditation environment To perform this meditation it helps to be in a suitable environment and maintain a correct posture. Suitable ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

  The Seven Deadly Sins Religious traditionalists have criticised scientists who study the physical effects of spiritual activitie...