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EVENT : What is Enlightenment? – A Day-Long Immersion
What is Enlightenment? February 7, 2021 Upaya Zen Center A day-long immersion into the idea of “enlightenment” with…
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 /…
Tweets
looking forward to this online symposium for the book launch of "Voices from Larung Gar" - Sat. April 10, 6-8:30pm ET -
https://www.colorado.edu/tibethimalayainitiative/2021/03/03/voices-larung-gar-online-symposium-saturday-april-10-4-630pm-mdt
looks to be a fantastic series kicking off this spring on Varela's intellectual contributions & legacy -
Explore 'The Life and Work of Francisco Varela' in this series of lectures as part of our anniversaries Varela 20/30! Ouroboros Seminars 2021 are kicking off in two weeks from now, March 17.
👉 Explore the Ourobors series on our MLE website: http://ow.ly/vLmL50DOH1W
on multiple modes of knowing @SNFPaideia https://snfpaideia.upenn.edu/events/other-ways-of-knowing-at-the-intersection-of-neuroscience-and-the-mystical/
Sending messages into (lucid) dreams and getting messages back https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/dialogue-with-dreamers
new paper - a review the literature on adverse effects (AEs) of #meditation in non-clinical samples - "Adverse effects of meditation: A review of observational, experimental and case studies" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-01503-2