9 Best Articles in 2021
The Atlantic
Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2017 · A scientist and a monk compare notes on meditation, therapy, and their effects on the brain
MIT Technology Review
What Buddhism can do for AI ethics
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · Jan 7th · Buddhism teaches us to focus our energy on eliminating suffering in the world.
medium.com
Stoicism and Buddhism: a comparison
medium.com
~12 min read · 2020-01-16 · Whether we realize it or not, we all have a philosophy of life. That’s the premise of a new book that I co-edited with my colleagues and…
The New Yorker
What Meditation Can Do for Us, and What It Can’t
The New Yorker
~15 min read · From 2017 · Examining the science and supernaturalism of Buddhism.
The Atlantic
Why So Many Americans Are Turning to Buddhism
The Atlantic
9 min read · From 2019 · The ancient Eastern religion is helping Westerners with very modern mental-health problems.
Quartz
Neuroscience backs up the Buddhist belief that “the self” isn’t constant, but ever-changing
Quartz
2 min read · From 2017 · You may believe that your essential being has always been the same. But Buddhism—and science—tell us that's an illusion.
WIRED
Why Westerners Fear Robots and the Japanese Do Not
WIRED
6 min read · From 2018 · The hierarchies of Judeo-Christian religions mean that those cultures tend to fear their overlords. Beliefs like Shinto and Buddhism are more conducive to have faith in peaceful coexistence.
The New York Times
Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded
The New York Times
4 min read · From 2017 · There has never been a better time to be alive, and yet in the richest countries, there is a growing sense of unease and helplessness because people no longer feel useful.
Aeon+Psyche
Why modern Buddhists should take reincarnation seriously
Aeon+Psyche
~11 min read · May 7th · Modern mindfulness strips Buddhism of its spiritual core. We need an ethics of reincarnation for an interconnected world
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MIT Technology Review
What Can AI Experts Learn from Buddhism? A New Approach to Machine Learning Ethics Aims to Find…
MIT Technology Review
~15 min read · From 2017 · Rapid advances in AI have spawned a number of recent initiatives that aim to convince engineers, programmers, and others to prioritize ethical considerations in their work—but almost all of them have originated in rich Western countries.
The Guardian
Master of mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn: ‘People are losing their minds. That is what we need to wake…
The Guardian
~12 min read · From 2017 · By taking the Buddhism out of the practice, Kabat-Zinn pioneered a meditative approach used all over the world to treat pain and depression. He talks about Trump, ‘McMindfulness’ and how a 10-second…
Vox
Why Buddhism is true
Vox
~16 min read · From 2017 · Robert Wright on the wisdom of mindfulness meditation.
GOOD
Neuroscience Learns What Buddhism Has Known for Ages: There Is No Constant Self
GOOD
3 min read · From 2016 · Buddhist Monks have known for thousands of years what science is just now learning: the mind can be changed by training it.
Lifehacker
Take a Harvard Course on Buddhism for Free
Lifehacker
1 min read · From 2018 · If you’ve ever had an interest in learning about Buddhism, now is the perfect opportunity. You can take a Harvard University course on the beliefs, practices, and scriptures of Buddhism online for…
lionsroar.com
The Shifting Landscape of Buddhism in America
lionsroar.com
~18 min read · From 2018 · Ann Gleig takes a far-reaching look at how Buddhism and the conversations within it are changing in the twenty-first century.
tnhaudio.org
We Contain the Whole Cosmos
tnhaudio.org
1 min read · From 2019 · This is a 78-minute dharma talk from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in Hanoi during the “Engaged Buddhism in the 21st Century” retreat. This is the sixth and final talk on May 11, 2008 and the talk is…
Fast Company
Buddhism scholars: Meditation apps are fueling tech addition, not easing stress
Fast Company
3 min read · 2019-11-02 · Two researchers of Buddhism studied hundreds of Buddhism-related apps and conclude that they tend to mask the symptoms of stress rather than fundamentally addressing the root problem.
Aeon+Psyche
Not just the lotus blossom
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · 2019-11-03 · Buddhism and ecology both refuse to separate the human and natural worlds – and demand that we act accordingly
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