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Tag: Dalai Lama

Susan Bauer-Wu
Book Bits

The Problem With Business As Usual – On Interconnectedness and the Climate Crisis

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Vanessa Able

Inspired by the work of the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg, Susan Bauer-Wu's book is her personal expression of concern for the earth.

Tagged activism, climate, climate crisis, Dalai Lama, earth, ecology, interbeing1 Comment
Dalai Lama
Book Bits

Religious Training, Equanimity of Mind

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Vanessa Able

The Dalai Lama on his rigorous studies that were set against the background of the political upheaval in Tibet and an invasion by China.

Tagged Advice, China, Dalai Lama, education, Spiritual Practice, Study, Tibetan buddhismLeave a comment
The Dalai Lama
Book Bits

Why is a Buddhist Monk So Interested in Science?

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Vanessa Able

In this excerpt from his spiritual autobiography, the Dalai Lama sets out why science has always been so interesting to him, and how in his mind, the scientific method and goal are in fact very close to the Buddhist one.

Tagged Buddhism, Dalai Lama, empiricism, humanity, methodology, Mind, Reality, science2 Comments

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Colleen Morton Busch – Tend
    With her poem "Tend", Bay Area Zen poet Colleen Morton Busch offers a gift of wisdom, acceptance, and nourishment to readers.
  • A Year of Kō: 8th Sekki
    8th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, ELLIOT DIAMOND AND JOSEPH PALMER
  • Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle
    Colorado poet Sarah Reichart shows how kinetic and arduous the search for faith can be with her poem "Divine Struggle".
  • Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
    Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
  • A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
    7th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, FRAN SCOTT and ELLIOT DIAMOND

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