Category: Buddhism

March 7, 2012

New Book Tuesday (Wednesday Edition): Theos Bernard, the White Lama

A day late but here’s our weekly list of books now available: Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life Paul G. Hackett How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook Zong-qi Cai and Jie Cui Screen Dynamics: Mapping...

January 19, 2012

New Book Tuesday (Thursday edition)

Sorry for the delayed posting and only two new books from our weekly list of new titles: Readings of the Platform Sutra Edited by Morten Schlütter and Stephen F. Teiser Ratnakirti’s Proof of Momentariness by Positive Correlation (Ksanabhangasiddhi Anvayatmika): Transliteration,...

December 2, 2011

Alan Wallace: "A True Revolution in the Mind Science"

We conclude our week’s feature on B. Alan Wallace’s Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice, with an excerpt from his epilogue in which he discusses the potential for a true revolution in...

November 30, 2011

Alan Wallace on science, Buddhism, skepticism, and meditation

In this video Alan Wallace, most recently the author of Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice, discusses science, Buddhism, skepticism, and meditation.

November 30, 2011

Justin McDaniel: Amulets and the Commercialization of Thai Buddhism

The following is a guest post by Justin McDaniel, author of The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand. In June 2001 a police sergeant in Pattaya (Central Thailand) was arrested and charged with attempted murder...

November 29, 2011

Interview with Alan Wallace, author of Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic

The following is an interview with B. Alan Wallace, author of Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice. Question: How does Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic differ from your previous books? B. Alan...

November 28, 2011

B. Alan Wallace: Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic

This week’s featured book is Meditations of a Buddhist Skeptic: A Manifesto for the Mind Sciences and Contemplative Practice, by Alan Wallace. The following is the conclusion to the book’s opening chapter, Toward a Revolution in the Mind Sciences: Galileo,...