TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Viktor Aldrin
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Religious Water as Problem - Religious Water as Solution Water is an important element in all religions and often connected to the divine. We come alive through water and many religions use water in their ceremonies. Despite the differences among the major religions conflicts often seem to be between believers and non-believers. What lessons ca... Read more
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Viktor Aldrin
January 17, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Religious Water as Problem - Religious Water as Solution Water is an important element in all religions and often connected to the divine. We come alive through water and many religions use water in their ceremonies. Despite the differences among the major religions conflicts often seem to be be...
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- -: TEDxBloomington -- Stephen Hayes -- "Wisdom Plays to our Attention"
July 1, 2011 (almost 2 years ago)An-shu Stephen Kinryu-Jien Hayes, founder of To-Shin Do Kasumi-An Ninja Martial Arts has spent his entire adult life in the pursuit of perfection through the study of the Asian martial arts and spiritual traditions, living and traveling throughout North America, Japan, Europe, the Arctic, China, ...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Jenny Phillips - The Only Way Out is In
July 14, 2011 (almost 2 years ago)"Nobody felt safe; the prisoners weren't safe, the staff weren't safe...A radical idea began to spread: maybe meditation could help." Psychotherapist Jenny Phillips describes how the tranquility of ancient Buddhist meditation at a maximum-security correctional facility helps prisoners emerge fro...
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- -: TEDxDoiSuthep - Dhammananda Bikkuni - Empowering Our Potentiality
October 8, 2011 (over 1 year ago)One of 1000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Award (2000), Ven. Dhammananda became the first female Buddhist monk in Theravada in Thailand. Better known in the world of academia as Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, she earned her Ph.D. in Buddhism from Magadh University in India, and then taught at T...
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- -: Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha -- on the Web
June 20, 2007 (almost 6 years ago)http://www.ted.com In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward Buddha nature. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's lea...
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- -: Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness
April 15, 2008 (about 5 years ago)http://www.ted.com What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. I...
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- -: Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile
June 21, 2010 (almost 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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- -: His Holiness the Karmapa: The technology of the heart
September 1, 2010 (over 2 years ago)http://www.ted.com His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the technology and design of the heart. He is translated onstage by Tyler...
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- -: Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy
September 2, 2011 (over 1 year ago)http://www.ted.com Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Authors@Google: Mingyur Rinpoche
August 28, 2010 (over 2 years ago)This refreshing book is yet another sign that the next generation of Buddhism is creative, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary. Born in 1975 in Nepal, the author is among the generation of Tibetan lamas trained outside of Tibet, and he's also a gifted meditator. His brain activity has been meas...
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