Interbeing Is Our Nature

This Symphony of Science video features Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan, and Richard Feynman, among others. It demonstrates how interbeing is our nature. Interbeing is a word that was coined by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh to express how everything in nature is interdependent and interconnected. Nothing can exist by itself, alone. This is one [...]

Two Versions of the Known Universe

In our interview with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, he mentioned his video, The Known Universe. As we were reviewing the recording of the interview we came across two versions of this video. They were both produced by the American Museum of Natural History for the Rubin Museum. The first one is only music only. The [...]

Das Rad – The Wheel

Thumbnail from Das Rad

Das rad – the Wheel  is an award winning short film about a conversation between two rocks. This is the film that was referred to by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson in Cosmology and Buddhist Thought: Interview With Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Part 4. It is a lovely German cartoon by Chris Shtennera which was nominated [...]

Buddhism and Quantum Physics

Focusing by Dr. Eugene Gendlin

I spent six years in graduate school in physics and learned a lot about Buddhism and quantum physics. This video caught my attention and so I want to share it. It demonstrates the convergence of the Buddhist ideas of interdependence, emptiness and the true nature of reality with those of quantum physics and modern physics. [...]