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Meditation
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Eastern religion meets Western psychology: meet the Harvard professor who’s also a Zen priest as he explains how to relieve suffering using both faith and neuroscience.
'Six Persimmons,' an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.
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The best orgasms come when you learn how to unlock a sexual “flow state.” Emily Nagoski, a sex educator, shares a meditation to help you get started.
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Scientists can't define spirituality. But we can study its healing effects, says this Columbia psychologist.
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Spirituality declines, depression rises. Is there a link?
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
John Templeton Foundation
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.
Yoga is more than just standing on your head. It's about uniting with the divine.
Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
For Buddhists, the “Four Noble Truths” offer a path to lasting happiness.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
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“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
John Templeton Foundation
Zen masters often have strikingly different ideas about how to live and attain enlightenment.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
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Stress shrinks your brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Genova explains how to strengthen it.
Meditators invert the relationship between the layers of self-processing.
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic-level meditators, and his findings are unprecedented.
John Templeton Foundation
The first recorded brain activity of a person during their death suggests a biological trigger for near-death experiences.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.