Carter (PDN Admin)'s Blog – January 2010 Archive (3)

Happiness is...By Matthieu Ricard & Richard Gere



Happiness is...



By Matthieu Ricard & Richard Gere

From Shambhala Sun



A monk and a movie star: two very different lifestyles and so, you would think, two different paths to happiness. But actor Richard Gere and the French author and monastic Matthieu Ricard share a serious commitment to Buddhism, and they agree that real, lasting happiness is beyond conditions and circumstances. They held this lively, insightful… Continue

Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on January 27, 2010 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Meditation and Neuroplasticity: Training Your Brain

Shown here at his office at the University, Richard Davidson, PhD has been working with the His Holiness Dalai

Lama to study meditation as a possible mechanism for increasing well-being and awareness.



Richard J. Davidson, PhD, who received his doctorate from Harvard University in psychology, is internationally renowned for his research on the neural substrates of emotion and emotional disorders...His laboratory uses functional magnetic… Continue

Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on January 13, 2010 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Jarvis Masters New Book



Jarvis Jay Masters New Book: That Bird Has My Wings

Jarvis Jay Masters is a spiritual man. His days are spent meditating, reflecting on his past mistakes and his hopes for the future. But instead of visiting a temple or a church, his religious practice takes place within a 4’ x 9’ prison cell on San Quentin’s death row.



Masters’ true story—painful, poignant, uplifting, and, at times, funny—is movingly told in That Bird Has… Continue

Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on January 5, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

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