Thursday, 13 July 2017

Understanding the minds and motivations of the Jihadist bombers

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'I have been made victorious with terror!' UPDATE HALLOWEEN 2017. ANOTHER ATTACK, THIS TIME VEHICULAR JIHAD RATHER THAN A ...
Tuesday, 21 March 2017

The Two Enlightenments - Buddha and Voltaire

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Enlightenment Values  ( Not applicable in Scotland ) From The Public Domain Review       by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.   "...It would ...
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Thursday, 2 March 2017

Nagarjuna, Gödel’s Theorem and Russell’s Paradox

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Unconventional knowledge by Kenichi Morita from East-West paths to unconventional computing Distinguishing between “convent...
Thursday, 19 January 2017

Sentience, suffering, and the futile quest for homeostasis

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The first priority of all living organisms is to maintain a steady state, known as homeostasis - the regulated stability of structures, ...
Saturday, 17 December 2016

Meditation, Downward Causation, Neuroplasticity and the Quantum Zeno Effect.

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Recent research has shown that Buddhist meditation can not only affect long-term behavior, but can actually alter the structure of the b...
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Monday, 12 December 2016

The Mind-Bending History Of Buddhism And Psychedelics

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Opening the doors of perception ?  Go ask Alice by Carolyn Gregoire In the Huffington Post "The history of Buddhism and of psyc...
Thursday, 1 December 2016

THE STRUCTURE OF BUDDHISM

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Aspects, components and interfaces Buddhism - a religion, a philosophy or a psychology? Or all three? Most religions have...
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Thursday, 27 October 2016

Mindful Eating for Weight Loss and Other Health Benefits

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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 ...
Monday, 12 September 2016

The Unconditioned

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From Beliefnet      "...Buddhists believe that Siddhartha attained a state that was free of conditions—things like upbringing...
Friday, 9 September 2016

Buddhist meditation helps kids unplug from their online world

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From the Telegraph "Children should be taught Buddhist meditation techniques and yoga in schools to help them "unplug from t...
Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Graham Priest on Buddhist Philosophy

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