Meditation Archive
Buddhist Psychology vs Buddhist Philosophy
August 26, 2006 · Category: Buddhism, Meditation
Amod left the following comment in defense of viewing Buddhism as a philosophy, and not just "a set of practices":
Indeed, even for the Buddha himself, what meditation did above all was bring him a philosophical ...
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Interview with Weezer’s River Cuomo about Vipassana Meditation
Robert Cuomo -- lead singer for the rock band Weezer, whom I've never heard -- has taken up Vipassana meditation in a serious way.
This probably makes him the most high-profile proponent of Vipassana meditation in ...
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What is Mind Identification?
I just posted the following on the Rebirth of Reason web site, in response to Luke Setzer's negative review of Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now.
Luke writes: "[Eckhart Tolle's] thesis that 'mind identification' serves ...
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Meditation and Cognitive Independence
Will Wilkinson has an interesting post titled "Declaration of Cognitive Independence?" in which he talks about the perils of confirmation bias, the process "whereby we seek and find confirmatory evidence in support of already existing ...
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Check Out Jay Allen’s Blog
I recently discovered the bloggings of another Rand-influenced meditator, Jay Andrew Allen.
Yes -- for those of you who remember -- this is the same Jay Allen that was a spirited defender of Leonard Peikoff from ...
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Meditation and Chronic Pain
A new friend has pointed me to a conversation on his blog about meditation and chronic pain. He invited me to comment since he knows I've got some experience with the topic.
The original questioner ...
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Maybe PT-141 Will Take Me Into the Now
The Guardian has an fascinating article about a new drug, an inhaler called PT-141, that stimulates sexual desire in women as well as men.
The article explores some interesting dynamics at the intersection of sex, health, ...
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Meditation Associated with Increased Grey Matter in the Brain
November 10, 2005 · Category: Health, Meditation
Here's a fascinating new press release from Yale University:
New Haven, Conn.-Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, ...
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On Lovingkindness and Happiness
Mudita Forum has begun a chapter-by-chapter discussion of Sharon Salzberg's book Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, which discusses the Buddhist practice of lovingkindness (or metta, in Pali).
Below is a posting I wrote on the ...
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More on the Health Benefits of Mindfulness
I've been pointing people to Ruth Baer's (2003) meta-analysis of the benefits of mindfulness (available in crystal-clear PDF format on David Fresco's web site) for some time, as an excellent introduction to and overview of ...
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