Meditation Zeitgeist | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

Wildmind's meditation blog

Wildmind's blogs are where you'll find book reviews, commentary, podcasts, and articles that don't fit neatly into the more structured guides to meditation that you'll find on the main part of the site. Articles are arranged below by date, and you can also browse by author and category using the links on the left.

Meditation zeitgeist, June 26, 2009

Bodhipaksa (June 26, 2009)

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Zeitgeist A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

C4Chaos heaps praise upon B. Alan Wallace, who he describes as a “kick-ass Dharma teacher,” as well as a “hardcore dharma practitioner, well-versed in both Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist tradition … [and] a prolific author, translator, and researcher whose primary interest is to integrate Buddhism with Western science.”

Anna Narvid has a piece titled Mindfulness for children, with three simple meditation exercises broken down into a … Click to read more »

Meditation Zeitgeist, June 18, 2009

Bodhipaksa (June 18, 2009)

Zeitgeist A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Justin Whitaker, Buddhist scholar and blogger, has a nice review of Bodhipaksa’s latest audiobook, Still The Mind. Justin was a student of Bodhipaksa’s many years ago, but he’s the very soul of integrity and we don’t think his review is hyped in any way.

Via Shambhala Sun Space comes this delightfully quirky story of the launch of the “Buddha phone” in Japan; a single tap … Click to read more »

Meditation zeitgeist, June 12, 2009

Bodhipaksa (June 12, 2009)

Zeitgeist A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Meditation Zeitgeist (our round-up of interesting blog posts illustrating how meditation is being practiced in the modern world) was on hold for a few weeks while the Zeitgeist-Meister (Bodhipaksa) was in Ethiopia adopting a baby boy, and the break has encouraged the emergence of some changes on the layout of these brief articles. Yes, we’re still going to keep them short, but instead of having just a … Click to read more »

Meditation zeitgeist, Mar 18, 2009

Bodhipaksa (March 18, 2009)

Zeitgeist A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Meditation zeitgeist, Mar 4, 2008

Bodhipaksa (March 4, 2009)

Zeitgeist A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Meditation Zeitgeist, Feb 25, 208

Bodhipaksa (February 25, 2009)

Zeitgeist A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Economics 101 meets Buddhism

Meditation News (February 24, 2009)

US NEWS & WORLD REPORT Chances are, your college economics course didn’t involve much meditation. But after completing a fellowship at the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Amherst College economics professor Daniel Barbezat decided to introduce meditation, along with other Buddhist practices, into his course on “consumption and the pursuit of happiness.”

He encourages students to reflect on what produces feelings of satisfaction and happiness so they can better interpret the numerous studies on the subject. Read more…