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2008

May

Burma []

A fund-raising appeal for Burma


The Ocean of Existence []

On life out of sight of dry land.


April

Strokes of Insight? []

On Jill Bolte Taylor


New Forums []

A link to Loden Jinpa’s new forums.


Without Illumination []

The fog of philosophy


On Desire []

Link to online review of William B. Irvine’s On Desire


Unconscious Decision Making []

More research into free will.


Free Will and Ethics []

Do we need free will to make us good?


The Pragmatic Buddhist []

Some reading matter!


March

Putting Shantideva to the Test []

Happiness and ethics.


Tune In! []

Story on Radio4!


Just War []

Five years in Iraq.


Kindness and Philosophy []

Where are our philosophies of kindness?


Knowledge, Freedom and Limitation []

The pleasures of not knowing.


February

The Hard Truths of Science? []

Thoughts on the communication of science.


Vain, Deluded, Pigheaded, Secretive, Bigoted... []

Thoughts on Cornelia Fine’s book, “A Mind of its Own”


Site Update []

A small change to thinkBuddha.


Meditation as Unphenomenology []

Meditation, cartography and the territory of the mind.


January

The View from the Chariot []

The Buddha: bad psychologist?


Philosophy and Practice []

Thoughts on Stoicism


A Secular Age - Reviewed []

A new review online at thinkBuddha.


A Secular Age []

A review of Charles Taylor’s monumental book A Secular Age


Studying Happiness []

Thoughts on happiness and meditation.


Meditation as Natural History []

Meditation, natural history, and medieval books of beasts.


Happy New Year []

New Year’s Greetings


2007

December

Buddhists in Bars with Balloons []

Buddhist monks and balloon sculptures.


Worldly Transcendence []

Do we need God to be happy.


Mattering []

More thoughts on Materialism


The Middle Way? []

A snippet of overheard conversation.


Clarity and Confusion []

Analytic philosophy, continental philosophy and mollusc-based diets.


November

Nutters? []

Religion and politics.


Comments List Updated. []

More site updates.


More on the Transhumanist Debate []

More on Marvin Minsky, Transhumanism and the New Scientist.


Real Magic []

Where is the real magic?


Stumped by Consciousness []

I admit it: I’m utterly flummoxed!


Human things with human voice... []

Wallace Stevens, Martha Nussbaum and philosophy.


Mobile Phone Providers (An Ethical Survey) []

A quick ethical survey of mobile phone service providers.


October

New Review: The Sutras of Abu Ghraib []

thinkBuddha reviews Aidan Delgado’s book, The Sutras of Abu Ghraib.


The Sutras of Abu Ghraib []

Aidan Delgado on Buddhism, ethics and the war in Iraq.


A Little Light Reading []

A handy resource for consciousness studies….


Ethics of the In-Between []

Ethics between absolutes…


Some Small Changes []

Some minor changes here at thinkBuddha…


Cargo Fever Hits the States []

Cargo Fever hits the states


Transhumanism, Journalism and Ethics []

More on ethics and transhumanism.


Marvin Minsky's Dreams of Immortality []

Transhumanism and the salvation of the world.


Happiness []

According to recent reports, children in the UK suffer from “pervasive anxiety”.


A few brief thoughts on reductionism []

More on the Dumskulls


Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma []

The root of the three root poisons.


September

Numskulls, Dumskulls and the Evolution of the Mind []

Out of the dumb came forth… the slightly less dumb.


Religion, Violence and Dualism []

Is the problem religion, or is it something more subtle?


Up to date []

thinkBuddha’s back in town.


Informed Ignorance, Spinoza and Science []

Spionza, ignorance, understanding and two hundred miles from the nearest decent cappuccino.


August

Doing Nothing []

Hanging around, doing nothing.


The Lure of the Cloister? []

Where are the secular cloisters?


Crocs []

Benign crocodiles?


Our Ancestors []

Thoughts from the Bulgarian national history museum.


Meditation in Schools? []

Should meditation be taught in schools?


Thinking Out Loud []

ThinkBuddha is two years old.


July

Sofia []

Blogging from abroad.


On and Off the Rails []
My New Brain []

On the pleasures of having a new brain.


That's Dr. thinkBuddha to You... []

Time for a celebration at thinkBuddha!


O, Unhappy Philosopher! []

Why so glum, you philosophers?


Not seeing the trees for the wood... []

Back from retreat in Devon.


June

Trust []

Countering mistrust with trust


Knowledge, Wisdom and Ignorance []

There is no such thing as esoteric wisdom.


The Worst Type of Buddhist []

Damn those ignorant Buddhists…


Ouch! []

Reflections upon pain.


Open Source Religion []

Religion goes Open Source


May

It's In! []

After four and a half years, I’ve submitted my PhD thesis!


What Attention Lays Bare []

Husserl, meditation and the quest for certainty.


thinkBuddha on Qarrtsiluni []

Greatest Blog Hits!


Pali Resources []

Resources for Learning Pali.


Pali Headaches []

Learning Pali at the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara.


Violence and the Mind's Climate []

Does media violence unbalance the mind’s delicate climate?


Mindfulness and the Breath []

Eight ways of looking at the breath…


Murals Found in Mustang, Nepal []

Archaeology? Boring? Never!


Meditation and Intimacy []

Meditation and reflections on the Mahamudra


April

This mind, this mind... []

The mind’s chaos…


Meditation Class in Birmingham []

Meditation class in Birmingham.


Groundlessness, not Relativism []

Thinking ethics without grounds…


A Big Pile of Paper []

The first draft of the PhD…


The Inferno of the Living []

Catholicism, Calvino and life in the inferno.


thinking Bloggers []

Tagged by the thinking Blog meme.


Liking Your Neighbours []

Must we like people to love them? Can we dislike them?


March

Lift Off! []

Of book launches and demons.


Miscommunication []

The Buddha’s first, failed teaching.


Uncertain Times? []

We are living in uncertain times, but is this sufficient justification for renewing Trident?


Are You Buddhish? []

Buddhish. Adjective: Not quite Buddhist; Spuriously or falsely claiming to be Buddhist;


Cargo Fever Launch []

It came from the dark forests of Sumatra… No, really…


Oi! Are You Looking at My Triangle? []

Attachment to triangles.


The Path to Earthly Riches []

Temple loyalty cards for kids.


February

Blogisattva Awards 2007 []

I’d like (sniff!) to thank my family, my friends, Bodhicattva the thinkBuddha cat (sob!), everyone who has made this possible… I love you all (choke! sob!)... Yes! It’s time for an Oscars speech here at thinkBuddha.


Self Evident Experience? []

What’s going on… and what we think is going on…


Working hard... []

All quiet at thinkBuddha…


Emotional Weather Report []

Caught up in bad weather?


A Little Knowledge... []

Knowledge, ignorance and scepticism.


Blogisattva Mark II []

The Buddhist blogging Oscars?


January

Insulting the Buddha []

Sri Lanka’s draconian new legislation.


Blue Monday []

Blue Monday how I hate Blue Monday, Got to work like a slave all day…


Human Practices []

Things lost – and gained – in translation.


No Faster Than a Camel Can Walk []

Alternative means of transport.


Saffron Spam Scam? []

Two mysterious Buddhist visitors…


The Mind's Drama []

Unpredictability, impermanence, and the insubstantiality of the mind’s dramas.


Elephants []

Elephants and monks in Sydney zoo.


Nepal's Buddha Boy Takes up the Sword []

Ram Bomjon, once again…


People are Natural Disasters Too []

Earthquake, fire, flood… and our fellow human beings.


New Year at Gaia House []

A new year’s retreat.


2006

December

On Retreat (Again!) []

Retreating for the new year.


A Global Christmas? []

Santa training academies in Vietnam? Elephants dressed as Santa in Thailand? Confucius with reindeer?


Religious Offences []

Religion, offence and public life.


Social Bookmarking []

A few small changes to thinkBuddha.org


Meditation Course in Birmingham []

Meditation classes in Birmingham.


Reconciliation []

Making friends with the world again…


Interfaith Dialogue []

Religion, identity and dialogue and why I am not a Buddhist.


The Woal of It []

Hiedegger, Riddley Walker, and how to make friends with your own head.


Composing our Lives []

Reflections on blogging from Woodmoor Village


November

The Problem of Life []

Solving and dissolving the problems of life.


Yes []

Thoughts on the affirmation of life.


Doing the Right Thing []

We want to do the right thing. But what is the right thing to do?


Sitting Around []

A new website for practitioners within the traditions taught at Gaia House.


Ask Dan Goleman []

Questions of Buddhism, science and dialogue.


Dennett's Modest Proposal []

Dan Dennett, religion and science.


Lest We Forget []

Thoughts on Armistice day.


The Wind That Blows Through Me []

Reflections on an evening meditation.


A Grammar of Hypothesis []

Thoughts on scepticism and knowledge.


In Praise of Emmanuel Levinas []

The 100th anniversary of the philosopher of ethics and responsibility, Emmanuel Levinas.


October

Ahh... Bliss! []

A few days space in Bulgaria…


Nothing but...? []

The world is enough…


Updates []

Another thinkBuddha site update…


Buddhist Conversions []

Caste, untouchability and conversion in India.


The Meaning of the Meaning of Life []

Life has no meaning; but that doesn’t mean it is meaningless…


How Many Blogs Does One Man Need? []

A new blog!


On Holy Books []

Richard Dawkins on ethics and religious texts.


The Stories We Tell... []

Why we can’t stop telling tall tales…


The Daily Scribe Jamboree II []

A good week for donkeys at the Daily Scribe


Turning off the Lights []

The sad loss of the night sky…


Mindfulness and the Enigma of Life []

There’s more to mindfulness than washing the dishes very slowly…


September

Criticism []

Thoughts on book reviews…


Lose Weight: Convert to Buddhism []

Forget that diet – change your religion instead!


What is This Thing? []

The myth of authenticity.


What do Buddhists Look Like? []

This post includes a handy field-guide for identifying Buddhists…


Awakening to Awakening []

Slippery metaphors and debased coinage…


Cutting off Our Heads []

Thinking, feeling and Buddhist practice.


More on Life Without Free Will []

Freedom from free will and fredom from disturbance


August

Life Without Free Will []

The lights are on, but there’s nobody at home…


Dramatic Enchantments []

On being a drama queen…


Making Waves []

A week in Devon.


History as Natural History []

From the social contract to the natural contract


Some Interesting Reading... []

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the blogosphere…


The Demon, Impermanence []

Computer failure at thinkBuddha.org


Difference []

The wisdom of difference and the wisdom of sameness…


East is East and West is West []

Thinking between East and West


You're Corrupt, I Tell Ye! []

Database problems!


Shiny Buddha []

Sri Lankan Buddha images have bene recently reported to be emanating golden light…


Unpacking the Self []

Thoughts on selfhood and its absence.


July

thinkBuddha's First Birthday []

First birthday celebrations at thinkBuddha.


Purity? What purity? []

On the virtues of being mixed-up!


On Moral Evolutionism []

Are we better than we used to be? Are we worse? Thoughts on morality and history.


A Shortcut to Nirvana? []

Research from the frontline of the discipline that is becoming known as neurotheology...


Tangled Branches []

Thoughts on the so-called “vandalism” of the Bodhi Tree.


The Daily Scribe []

thinkBuddha now on the Daily Scribe religion research portal.


In the Cool of the Evening []

Evening meditation


The Rhetoric of Necessity []

A thought on Thought for the Day.


Co-commenting on thinkBuddha []

thinkBuddha is now integrated with co-comment.


Loving Kindness []

Love, love, love… The metta bhavana as an insight practice


Dalai the Cat - Photo Exclusive []

Whatever happened to Dalai Lama, the Buddhist moggy?


Husserl Hassles []

Husserled out!


Today at Noon []

Two minutes of silence.


All Systems Go []

New meditation group is now up and running!


The Sheer Astonishing Remarkableness of it All []

In praise of David Attenborough


June

Reflections on Sociality and Solitude. []

Thoughts on solitude and friendship.


Server Sickness []

thinkBuddha’s server under the weather.


In Narborough []

A visit to Leicestershire’s Pure Land!


Cargo Fever []

Feverish excitement at thinkBuddha.org…


Buddhism for Pets []

Inspire your dog with readings from the Dhammapada… No, really…


Football and Renunciation []

Do football and Buddhism mix?


Mental Discontents []

Can we eradicate mental discontent?


Haiku and Photography Collection []

New collection of haiku and photography launched.


Baboon []

Feeling like a grumpy old baboon?


Nine Rules []

thinkBuddha invited to join the 9rules network.


Messianic Hopes []

We don’t need another messiah!


May

Sitting Group []

A new sitting meditation group…


Tintin []

The boy reporter and the Dalai Lama


Idleness []

The virtues of laziness


Buddhists in Bikinis []

Looking for something to wear on the beach this summer?


Access to Insight - Search Plugin []

A handy tool for those looking for insight…


Happy Wesak []

Tea and celebrations


Muddling Through []

Gary Snyder, attentiveness and knowledge


Torture []

Is it ever right to torture?


Politics []

The relationship between Buddhism and Politics


The Pope's Astronomer []

An evening with the Vatican’s full-time star-gazer!


April

Walking/Meditation []

The pleasures of walking


The Strange Case of Dalai the Cat []

More Buddhist cats…


Anti-Creeds []

Citations and anti-creeds…


What is This? []

Thoughts on meditative inquiry.


A Retreat Poem []

Back from retreat!


Retreat... []

On retreat…


Western Buddhism and Other Capitalist Avatars []

Žižek and Western Buddhism.


Editing... []

Deadlines…


The Mountain Road []

A story from the mountains.


March

On Cultural Conditions []

Cultural conditions, separate selves, and the oddness of the English…


About Stories []

Stories and travels…


Conditions (part II) []

More on conditions.


A Nip and a Tuck []

A bit of cosmetic surgery…


Conditions... []

On conditionality and the four noble truths…


The Irrepressible Monkey and the Gorillaz! []

Gorillaz promote monkey magic…


Reviews! []

Reviews section back online at thinkBuddha…


The Twilight of Atheism or the End of Faith? []

Are we witnessing the end of faith… or the twilight of atheism?


Blogisattva Awards Announced! []

The Blogisattva Award Results…


Carrying Forth, Carrying Away... []

Zen thoughts


February

Busy Lives []

So you think you don’t have time to meditate?


Martial Thoughts []

Our warrior culture.


Blogisattva Awards []

The Blogisattva awards.


Norfolk []

Out and about in Norfolk. An innocent eye?


Easy Does It... []

Ethics is easy!!!


Unplugged []

Unplugging


Turnips []

Meditate like a turnip…


Who Knows? []

Another post from thinkBuddha… But who is doing the posting? And who is doing the reading?


January

Carnival Time! []

A carnival of links from all faiths and none…


Haiku Wanted! []

Are you a haiku poet?


Progressive Faith Blog Carnival... []

thinkBuddha to host the Progressive Faith Blog Conference Carnival!


Moral Consequence []

Karma in a world without justice.


Wild Geese []

Imperfect Buddhists…


The Game of Life []

A Buddhist board game…


Final Thoughts []

On planning your own funeral…


Meet Bodhicattva []

Introducing Bod, the thinkBuddha cat…


Pathfinding []

What does it mean to tread the Buddhist path? Where is the path to be found?


2005

December

Buddhism and Philosophy Part IV - Practices of Attention []

Philosophy, language and the practice of attention.


Meditation Space []

A new meditation cushion…


Receive E-mail Updates! []

Receive e-mail updates to thinkBuddha


Buddhism and Philosophy Part III - Practices of Wisdom and Love []

Philosophy: the love of wisdom… or the wisdom of love???


Community []

Community – both online and offline…


Legitimacy []

What is the real Buddhism? Who are the real Buddhists? A response to Tricycle’s interview with John Daido Loori.


Buddhism and Philosophy Part II - Practices of Freedom []

Philosophy and Buddhism as practices of freedom.


Buddhism and Philosophy Part I []

What has philosophy got to do with Buddhism? Practice, that is what!


November

The Machineries of Anxiety []

Does our 24-hour news society merely fuel anxiety? But don’t we also have a responsibility to know what is happening in the world to which we are so intimately connected?


On Going Without Food. []

Ram Bomjon, the Buddha and the virtues of a good, hearty breakfast.


What Does it Mean to be a Buddhist? []

What does it mean to be a Buddhist?


A Buddhist University for Birmingham []

Birmingham is to have a new Buddhist university.


Ram Bomjon - the New Buddha? []

Is the fifteen year old Nepalese boy, Ram Bomjon, the new Buddha, or is there more afoot?


The Tartan Buddha []

Is the rise of Buddhism in Scotland the beginning of a second Scottish Enlightenment?


The Handy thinkBuddha Archive Page []

We’re now archiving all the content on this site in one handy place. Aren’t we nice?


Open Investigation []

More on the Dalai Lama and Brain Science.


Me, me, me, me, meme... []

Review of Susan Blackmore’s “The Meme Machine”


Renting the Buddha's Tooth... []

Does anyone want to rent the Buddha’s tooth from the Indian government?


This Material Frame... []

More on materialism!


Peace []

The argument goes that non-violence cannot deal with the crises in the present-day world.


Fixing It. []

The world is beyond fixing, and perfection forever out of reach. Why should such a thought be liberating?


A Retreat Haiku []

A short retreat haiku


October

A Handful of Simsapa Leaves []

How much do we need to know for the liberation of heart and mind?


In Retreat! []

Shh… retreat in progress!


Buddhist Soldiers? []

The MoD has just appointed an army chaplain? But should Buddhists be involved in the business of warfare?


Does Religion Need Defending? []

Is the proposed new offence of Incitement to Religious Hatred helpful?


The Dull Monk in the Third Row Theory of the Evolution of Buddhist Doctrine []

Are we too pious in our reading of Buddhist texts?


The Dancing Buddhist Bear []

A Buddhist dancing bear? Surely that’s cruel?


Buddhism and Science []

Why Buddhism needs science.


The Trouble With Ethics []

Is the trouble with ethics that there is simply too much of it?


Getting Organised []

thinkBuddha is getting organised!


Holding Back []

Ethics begins in holding back…


September

A Demon Visits the Heavens... []

It’s story time at thinkBuddha, with an old tale from the Pali texts on a demon with a curious diet.


Blogging as Practice []

Is blogging just an idle pursuit, or is it a form of practice? Thoughts from Seneca to Basho on the value of writing journals.


Tigers, Mushrooms, Money and Monks []

A fashion for tiger-skin in Tibet is threatening to hasten the extinction of the Indian tiger.


Meditation []

As time goes on, so my meditation changes…


Mystic India? []

Is the film Mystic India an inspiring tale of a spiritual land? Or is there something more disturbing going on?


A Dog Called Hippopotamus []

Do dogs meditate? And who would call a dog by the name ‘hippo’?


Good Grief []

What place does grief have within Buddhism?


Re:awakenings []

What is this Enlightenment business all about anyway?


Moral Luck []

How much of ethics is down to pure luck?


Get Printing! []

Site updated to allow for a simplified print page.


Disillusionment Dharma (Part II) []

Is Buddhism the cause of disillusionment? And what are the rewards of this disenchantment


Disillusionment Dharma (Part I) []

Reflections on disilluionment and Buddhism.


August

Findings. []

Kathleen Jamie’s book Findings is a hymn to the virtues of attentiveness. But why ‘Findings’? And what does this have to do with Buddhism?


Eating, Sleeping and Shitting. []

Shantideva – the saint who ate too much…


Unwholesome Imaginings. []

Buddhism has a long tradition of indulging in bloody depictions of hell, and these are often regarded as valuable teaching aids; but an ancient Buddhist text suggests that such depictions may have other, undesirable side-effects.


Hurrah for Materialism! (Part II) []

What is materialism? And why is it such a bad thing?


Hurrah for Materialism! (Part 1) []

Can a Buddhist be a materialist?


Music in the Sky: Book Review []

An account of the early life of the 17th Karmapa, and a collection of his teachings…


Contact Me []

Get in touch with thinkBuddha.org


The Ronin []

The bloody story of a freelance samurai.


Blue Poppies: Book Review []

A novel in which a Scottish radio operator leads an entire Tibetan village into exile.


The Life of Shabkar: The autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin []

The anarchic autobiography of a Tibetan yogin.


The Dalai Lama and Brain Science []

Scientists protest against Dalai Lama’s invitation to a conference on neuroscience. Is such a protest justified?


About this Site []

An introduction to thinkBuddha.org.


For All My Walking: Review []

Free-form haiku from the cantankerous wandering poet, Taneda Santoka.


The Buddha and the Sahibs: Review []

Charles Allen goes in pursuit of the British orientalists


Can Yogis Fly? []

Can yogis fly? And how are we to deal with accounts from Buddhist biographies of the past that detail ‘miraculous’ events.


July

Longing for Certainty: Meditation Book Review []

Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano’s poetic reflections on meditation.


Zen and Philosophy: Book Review []

A review of Michiko Yusa’s impressive book on the life of Nishida Kitaro.


Buddhism Without Buddhism? []

From Buddhism without Beliefs to Buddhism without Buddhism…