In yesterday’s article on The Business of Mindfulness, we learned that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh visited Google just last month. We learned that he would only visit Google if they would offer a day of mindfulness. It is apparent that Google likes Thich Nhat Hanh! He is known as Thay by his hundreds of […]
Archives for November 2013
Mindfulness Research: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News
November 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Mindfulness Research: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News.
The Business Of Mindfulness
November 20, 2013 by
The business of mindfulness is discussed nicely in a recent article in The Economist by Schumpeter. The article is being brilliantly discussed by fellow OI1 members on the OI discussion board. According to the tag line of the article, capitalism is looking for inspiration from Eastern mysticism. For example, Google offers courses “search inside yourself,” […]
Compassion Cultivation Training
November 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University is offering the 2014 Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Teacher Certification Program. Thupten Jinpa, the senior author of CCT, describes the program’s primary aim in these words: “What CCT aims to do is to make people become more aware and more connected with their compassionate nature […]
Our Participatory Universe
November 19, 2013 by
Following up on our discussion of No Permanent Self and our Interbeing With Nature, Alan Wallace provides us with insight into our participatory universe, further clarifying the insight of interbeing. Alan Wallace holds a Ph. D. in religious studies, scholar, translator for the Dalai Lama, and the founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Conscious […]
The Fuel For Enlightened Awareness
November 18, 2013 by
These words of wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das tells us that our meditative awareness starts as a small flame and then becomes the fuel for enlightened awareness. Jigme Lingpa was a Tibetan master who lived in the 18th century. He is known as a discoverer of ancient text and passing on the tradition of […]
We Are Here For The Sake Of Others
November 17, 2013 by
These words of wisdom from Albert Einstein sound more like they came from a Buddhist teacher like the Dalai Lama or Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and not from the most famous scientist of the 20th century. The Dalai Lama would say, “The fact that we will die is certain. The time of death is […]
‘The Woman Who Raised That Monster’ – Suzy DeYoung’s Blog – Newtown, CT Patch
November 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
'The Woman Who Raised That Monster' – Suzy DeYoung's Blog – Newtown, CT Patch.
Listen To The Voice Within Yourself
November 16, 2013 by
Dogen Zenji was the founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism. He lived during the beginning of the 13th century and brought the teachings of Chan Buddhism back to Japan from China. “Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. “Your body and mind will become […]
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