A review of The End of Suffering: Fearless Living in Troubled Times by Russell Targ For a number of years at the Hazy Moon, Nyogen Roshi has been talking about science. Specifically how a number of scientists from different disciplines … [Read more...] about A Physicist Encounters Naked Awareness
Book Review
Science Gets Personal
A review of Beyond Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death by Robert Lanza, MD with Bob Berman Is it any wonder that some of us find ourselves uninterested in science that espouses lifeless … [Read more...] about Science Gets Personal
Alive in the Mire: Swampland Flowers
A review of Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui translated by J.C. Cleary Vimalakirti said, "It's like this: the high plateau does not produce lotus flowers; it is the mire of the low swamplands that produces … [Read more...] about Alive in the Mire: Swampland Flowers
Grass Huts and Hermits
A review of Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits by Bill Porter. Not long ago I ran across a new Buddhist blog that says it is for people who "are interested in meditation but don't want to pretend they live in ancient Asia." … [Read more...] about Grass Huts and Hermits
Beliefs and Brains
A review of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. and Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, M.D. Those of us who spend a lot of time at the Hazy … [Read more...] about Beliefs and Brains
Where Am I? What Time Is It?
A review of Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe, by Robert Lanza, MD, with Bob Berman There are periods when I read from this book every morning, in the same way that I … [Read more...] about Where Am I? What Time Is It?
