Giving the recently published Chinese edition of Emotional Alchemy and it's royalties to HH Dalai Lama
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Man’s Search for Meaning :Victor Frankel
Man’s search for Meaning: Victor Frakel
old footage of Victor Frankel talking about the importance of finding meaning and purpose in ones iife–and how in recognizing that sense of meaning in others–you can help them become what they are capable of becoming….. http://www.ted.com/talks/viktor_frankl_youth_in_search_of_meaning.html
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Emotional Alchemy published in China
The Chinese edition of Emotional Alchemy was just published in China. Royalties from that edition were donated to the Dalai Lama.
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New star named for Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
A group of astronomers recently discovered a new star in the gallaxy and needed to give it a name. According to his brother, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, these astronomers had been inspired by Mingyur Rinpoche & his message- so they decided to name this new star after him- “YMR” standing for Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Here’s a link to an amusing talk he gave on using meditation to cure his panic disorder.
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Wise Science
Can we separate the perceiver from the perceived?
That question came up recently while steeped in a conversation about the Buddhist theory of dependent origination with Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Dependent origination, in brief, says that “everything that seems to exist as an independent entity actually takes shape as part of a great web of cause and effect,” as I explained in chapter 17 of my book Emotional Alchemy.
We started to reflect on the implications of this concept for science. At one point Rinpoche observed, “How people perceive is already conditioned – how we see the object is dependent on the subject” – in other words, our own conditioning determines our perceptions. (more…)
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Glimpse of the Dalai Lama’s Washington DC visit
Question to the Dalai Lama: You’ve said that people have an innate instinct for justice but that it can be conditioned out of us
Dalai Lama: Animals also appreciate when you treat them with kindness… I had a parrot who even wanted to share his food with someone who was kind to him!
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Paul Hawken’s commencement address
We hear peole voice concerns about the planetary crisis–ranging from hysteria to denial. Paul Hawken has a refreshingly clear ability to keep a balanced perspective and sees both the poignant delusional forces and the potential miraculous capacites …of the human condition… charityfocus.org
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