meditation and compassion

The Buddha and Occupy Wall Street

The Buddha's concerns with politics -- or at least those what found their way into his teachings and have been…

October 14, 2011

How to have compassion

Compassion is essentially the wish that beings not suffer - from subtle physical and emotional discomfort to agony and anguish…

October 10, 2011

“Why is there peace?” asks psychologist Steven Pinker

Violence is declining, argues psychologist Steven Pinker. What are we doing right? Over the past century, violent images from World…

September 19, 2011

Mindfulness: twenty ways to bring it to work

Bringing mindfulness to work allows us to: be more focused feel less stressed communicate more effectively bring compassion to the…

September 9, 2011

A thousand thoughts of love

Juko, also known as Tina Jay, and manifesting on the microblogging service Twitter as @BuddhistGirl, has been tweeting with relentless…

September 2, 2011

10 ways to live a better life

When we think of changing our lives for the better, we may think of a new job, a new home,…

June 5, 2011

Reflecting on death is oddly life-enhancing

Most people would tend to assume that reflecting on your own death is going to be a bit of a…

June 3, 2011

Buddhists, education, and money

(Click on the image to enlarge.) A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey on religion, education, and money…

June 1, 2011

News of selfless acts has positive effect: study

Good news begets better people. That was the conclusion of new research released Tuesday by the University of British Columbia,…

April 3, 2011

Go easy on yourself, a new wave of research urges

Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times: Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple…

March 1, 2011