Excited about retreat

Dhammarati put up a post about an upcoming retreat I'm going on.

stroke to nirvana?

A neuroscientist had a stroke and she had a very interesting experience.

She also has a Ted Talk.

She's also on oprah.

And Bodhipoksa has an article on Wildmind.

most forwarded article

I skimmed it, but it looks interesting on meditation and psychotherapy in the NY Times.

join me

I meditate from 6:00 to 6:40 AM EST in USA. Join me at that time! Comment if you're going to join me.

jambudvipa

There's a charity that does amazing work in India with Dalits. I met with Mangesh and Maitreyanath the other day as they traveled through, on their fund raising trip. I hope they were able to raise some money for the worthy projects described in the annual report, that you can get on the website. Even if you're not a Buddhist, it's a worthy cause.

NY Times

There's an audio slide show about a couple that practices very deeply in Arizona, and have developed a following.

The written article describes their commitment to each other in greater depth.

There is also an older piece about in the Opinion section, about neural Buddhists.

new FWBO blog

A new FWBO Blog.

The contributors are:

lokabandhu
Candradasa
dhammarati
Akasapriya
vajragupta
Samudradaka

New talk on parenting

Amaragita has a talk on parenting. This link has a photo of her.