In my previous essay, I argued for a link between meditation and sensory deprivation: more specifically that meditation, viewed as withdrawa...

A colleague recently cited the famous passage in which the Buddha seems to say you'll go mad if you try to figure out the workings o...

Three parts: one | two | three | "I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chi...

Three parts: one | two | three | So these are the pillars of morality. If you ask anyone, "What is morality based on?" thes...