OTHER POSTS
Why Matthieu Ricard is one of the happiest monks alive
Originally published on the yoga blog. Matthieu Ricard has been a Buddhist monk for some 40 years since he left his life as a molecular geneticist in the 1960′s. He left it all behind to live a life of renunciation in the Himalayas. It was during this time, he says, that he learned how to be […]
How Motivation Can Go Way Beyond Money
Via (Big Think) A lot of people believe that what motivates people is just money. A colleague of mine, Paul Lawrence, and I, by studying some of the most recent research on what goes on in the human brain, have found that human beings are very deeply motivated by four primary drives. There is the […]
Take responsibility
Many people are inclined to attach blame to someone or something outside themselves—a provocation, insult, personal attack, basketball game. When all the dust settles, however, the most accurate belief about an angry display is “I made me do it.” Via Fighting Mad
What is Ahimsa?
What is Ahimsa? How Can One Practice Ahimsa? This post is all about answering the question, “What is Ahimsa?” In a previous post, we explained that Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras specified 8 limbs of yoga with the first limb being the yamas. Within the yamas, there are 5 different principles. The principle we will focus on […]