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CBC Quirks and Quarks on Vipassana

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s weekly science show, Quirks and Quarks, did a segment this week on the positive medical science associated with insight meditation. The coverage consists of an interview with Dr. Judson Brewer, of the Yale Therapeutic Neural Science Centre, speaking about his recent research study. Listen here: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2011-2012/qq-2012-01-28_06.mp3

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Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

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Listen here – http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145340430/first-listen-leonard-cohen-old-ideas

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The Cyborg Buddha Project

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From the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET), comes this article on Religion and Transhumanism, written by Alex McGilvery, a United Church minister in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Normally, that would not be something we cover at Sumeru, but he makes extensive reference to Buddhism, and especially the “Cyborg Buddha Project.” Here’s the IEET link: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/McGilvery20120122... Read more »

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Investigating + Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care + Society

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The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School will be holding their 10th annual International Scientific Conference, March 28-April 1, 2012, at the Four Points Conference Center in Norwood, Massachusetts. Among the plenary sessions are: Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: The Story of an Emerging Research Program Linda... Read more »

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Dharma Brothers: Kodo and Tokujoo

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Dharma Brothers: Kodo and Tokujoo, A Historical Novel Based On The Lives Of Two Japanese Zen Masters (Volume 1) Arthur Braverman CreateSpace, December 2010 592 pages, 6 x 9 ISBN-13: 978-1453861530 (Also available in a Kindle digital edition) From the publisher… Dharma Brothers: Kodo and Tokujoo is based on the lives of two Japanese Zen Masters,... Read more »

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