Dhammapada

Why you don’t have free will (and why that doesn’t matter)

Free will is "the unimpeded capacity to choose between different possible courses of action." We tend to believe that everyone has…

September 28, 2022

“Being in the moment”

Over and over again, you'll hear Buddhist teachers talking about the need to "be in the present moment," but interestingly…

March 21, 2014

The book that changed my life

In the late 1970's, between finishing high school and going to university, I opened a small book of ancient verses,…

September 5, 2013

The Dhammapada: “one of the greatest psychological works ever written”

Jonathan Haidt, who studies morality and emotion at the NYU-Stern School of Business, discusses the Buddhist classic, The Dhammapada, on…

June 12, 2013