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A hilarious send-up of attention deficit society brought to you by Slate and “Flutter“ I really like the phrase “Attention Deficit Society.” 

So apparently, after 12 fantastic years, I am no longer #1. “Emily” has lost its spot as the most popular name for girls. Now it’s Emma. Whatever.

Welcome to Buddha of the Month, a (roughly) monthly post that features images of the Buddha in contemporary art, popular culture, fine art – or wherever the tathagata catches our fancy. This one’s by seminal video artist Nam June Paik: Enlightenment Compressed, 1994, currently at the Live Feed: 1972-1994 Paik retrospective at the James Cohan…

The topic for our open Monday discussions this month all center around Pema Chodron’s book Comfortable with Uncertainty.  Jessica Rasp recently led a class on “The Wisdom of No Exit” and kicked things off with an except from a great 1994 interview between Leonard Cohen and the Shambala Sun. “…there is the consolation of no…

Very happy that this piece in Huffington Post ran about The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard’s instructional video and work on responsible consumption.

So there’s a growing trend comparing Barack Obama to Spock.

After reading Daphne Merkin’s A Journey Through Darkness in today’s New York Times Magazine, I was left contemplating Buddhist viewpoints on treating depression. It’s no secret that many people are drawn to the dharma during difficult times- seeking relief from despair and anxiety. Each week there seems to be new headlines touting the benefits of meditation for various psychological ailments. But is the deep…

Co-Written by Nuala Clarke and Patrick Groneman “Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought…Painting is…the mind realizing itself in color and space.”  – Robert Motherwell  On Friday May 1st, the ID Project Arts Group went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to visit one of…

I was on the train, reading poetry, when I stumbled upon a delightful Philip Appleman poem that I thought simply must be included in the dharma poetry series.  Yes, indeed!  The poem begins as follows: O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie,gimmie a break before I die:grant me wisdom, will, & wit,purity, probity, pluck, & grit.…

For the next five weeks, I, in tandem with the ID Project Intermediate Hardcore Dharma class, will examine and explore teachings about the five wisdom energies.  The five wisdom energies, (Buddha, Vajra, Ratna, Padma & Karma), relate to qualities or energies that possess wise as well as confused potential.  The simultaneous occurrence of both insight…
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