Author Archives for stan

Engaged Buddhism

  • Posted by stan
  • November 14, 2006

The vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh who left Vietnam in the 60's to live in the west is now one of best known Buddhist figures in the West, thanks to his interactions with various Buddhist and non Buddhist figures and thanks to his hundreds of lectures and writings. The BBC calls him "a world ...>

I caught myself Selfing

  • Posted by stan
  • November 10, 2006

Selfing is a relatively new English word, looking up in Google for "define:selfing" gives only selfing as self-fertilization or self-pollination, which are not the meaning we want to use here. Selfing here has to do with actions and feelings related to our self image, and possessions. Jon Kabat-Zin ...>