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EVENT : Serenity Ridge Dialogues – “Body, Breath, & Mind”
Serenity Ridge Dialogues: Body, Breath, & Mind October 9-11, 2020 Live program is free online. This is the…
EULOGY : The Cool Wizardry of Steven D. Goodman (1945-2020)
Eulogy published by the Lion’s Roar website. Steven D. Goodman (b. 1945) was a maverick scholar, poet, translator,…
TALK : Podcast Interview on “The Other Emptiness” Book
An interview on the New Books in Buddhist Studies podcast with Michael Sheehy and Klaus-Dieter Mathes (Vienna University) about…
BOOK : “The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet”
We are thrilled to announce a multi-author collaborative book on the zhentong philosophy of emptiness in Tibetan Buddhism,…
REVIEW : “The Science of Meditation, Beyond the Brain”
Review of the book, “Meditation, Buddhism, and Science” edited by David L. McMahan and Erik Braun. Oxford University Press,…
TALK : “Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Tibetan Kālacakra Yoga Manuals”
Talk at the Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium held at the University of Vienna, July 16-19, 2019: “Tantric Zhentong…
ARTICLE : “Teaching Contemplation in 3D”
Article that outlines contemplation in three dimensions: (1) Reflection, (2) Contextualization, and (3) Transformation. Published in a thematic…
TALK : Ligmincha Symposium for Contemplative Sciences
Ligmincha Symposium for Contemplative Sciences: Body, Breath, and Mind . April 2019 at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center,…
TALK : Summer Institute on Buddhism & Science
Presented a talk, “Inner Knowing and the Way of Humans: Epistemologies on the Horizon of the Buddhism /…
TRANSLATION : “Traversing the Path of Meditation”
Translation with introduction to two Tibetan texts on concise meditation instructions, “Traversing the Path of Meditation” by the…
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interesting paper out on how #meditation might alter gray matter in brain for short-term practitioners - important for understanding how meditation traits are formed - "findings indicate that brief #mindfulness meditation induces gray matter plasticity" - https://www.hindawi.com/journals/np/2020/8830005/
What does it mean to “Flourish”? Check out the @UVA Virginia Center for Religious Studies’ profile of CSC grad student Blaine Werner for his unique take on well-being and existential questions alongside the daily stresses of modern life.
https://bit.ly/WernerProfile
@michaelrsheehy
nice profile of one of our grad students who is a research assistant on my @uvacsc team via @VCSR_at_UVA - "Blaine Patrick Werner, Jr.: Buddhist Philosophy and Contemplative Practices" - https://vcsr.virginia.edu/blaine-patrick-werner-jr-buddhist-modernities-and-contemplative-practices
Join us for this event on Feb 7 at @upayazen co-sponsored by @KaleinCentre with @jhalifax @michaelrsheehy @AnnieRigzin john dunne & @enkyo https://www.upaya.org/program/what-is-enlightenment/?id=2375
this ought to be fun! - "What is Enlightenment?" online program this Feb. @upayazen w/ @jhalifax @evantthompson @AnnieRigzin @enkyo, John Dunne & myself - #Buddhism - https://www.upaya.org/program/what-is-enlightenment/?id=2375