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New Neuroscience and the Path of Awakening

New Neuroscience and the Path of Awakening

We all want to be truly happy. The question is, how? In Buddhist practice, the “how” includes gradually transforming the mind – the seat of clinging in all its forms – to increase the causes of happiness and reduce the causes of suffering – ultimately, to complete Awakening.

Right Intention – Part 2

Of course, the first question regarding intention is, for what?

All the great wisdom traditions of the world, and all the great moral philosophers, have grappled with this question. What should we want?

The Neurology of Awareness and Self

It is sometimes said that the three greatest – and toughest, and most significant – remaining scientific questions are these: What caused the Big Bang? What is the “Grand Unified Theory” that integrates quantum mechanics and general relativity? What is the conscious self?