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The Dalai Lama and Brain Science: Tuesday August 2, 2005

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

Blogging as Practice: Tuesday September 27, 2005

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

Dalai the Cat - Photo Exclusive: Monday July 17, 2006

Whatever happened to Dalai Lama, the Buddhist moggy?

The Weaving and the Unweaving: Monday August 31, 2009

Telling stories about telling stories.

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Animal Pleasures: Friday June 20, 2008

Do animals experience pleasure? And if so, what are the implications of this?

Not seeing the trees for the wood...: Thursday July 5, 2007

Attention, meditation and some tasty chocolate muffins.

Vain, Deluded, Pigheaded, Secretive, Bigoted...: Thursday February 14, 2008

That’s the trouble with the mind – it has a mind of it’s own.

The Ronin: Tuesday August 2, 2005

The bloody story of a freelance samurai.

What is This?: Monday April 24, 2006

Thoughts on meditative inquiry.

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Zen, Brains and Making Friends With Your Own Head: 10 Nov, 2008

It’s a complicated business having a brain.

Lies in Which not Everything is False: 10 Sep, 2008

Stories – they are nothing but a pack of lies.

The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: 30 Oct, 2007

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

Baboon: 06 Jun, 2006

Feeling like a grumpy old baboon?

Meditation as Unphenomenology: 07 Feb, 2008

Meditation, cartography and the territory of the mind.