anatta (non-self)

Be the body

As a kid, I was really out of touch with my body. I hardly noticed it most of the time,…

December 13, 2011

Learning to love the flaws

As I wrote in my most recent book, Living as a River: Relating to someone as a “self”—on the basis…

November 17, 2011

Is Buddhism right?

Joshua Rothman (Boston Globe): Buddhism is in vogue in the West, partly because Buddhist practices, especially meditation, are popularly associated…

August 28, 2011

Jettisoning the notion of the “true self”

Joshua Knobe has a thought-provoking article in the New York Times on the topic of what we believe to be…

June 15, 2011

Letting go of limiting self-views, embracing our potential

Recently a woman wrote to me to tell me about her meditation practice. One thing she said was very interesting.…

May 9, 2011

Why do ancient Buddhist beliefs overlap so strongly with those of neuroscience?

Over the last few decades many Buddhists and quite a few neuroscientists have examined Buddhism and neuroscience, with both groups…

March 19, 2011

Buddhist Geeks interview with Bodhipaksa

Buddhist Geeks is an insanely popular podcast, featuring in-depth interviews with some of the most influential Buddhist teachers around today.…

November 30, 2010

Paul Klee: “Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void”

Paul Klee, the famous Swiss/German expressionist painter, may seem to be making an almost mystical claim here -- that creativity…

November 11, 2010

“All the elements of nature are interwoven and united with each other.” Gospel of Mary Magdalene

In this extract from his book, Living as a River, Bodhipaksa discusses how we have mistaken views that limit our…

October 20, 2010

The Buddhist teaching of not-self

At a presentation at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in New Hampshire, Bodhipaksa reads from his new book, living as a River.…

October 20, 2010