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 […]
3 Things You Didn’t Know About Tea and China
3 Things You Didn’t Know About Tea and China Every other Wednesday night, my friend Jane from Hangzhou, China, meets a few of us at the local library for Mandarin Chinese lessons. It’s a small group, usually me, Jane, and Thomas. Thomas is a great guy who’s passionate about Mandarin and more advanced in his […]
is NYC cheap?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/who-says-new-york-is-not-affordable.html?pagewanted=2&pagewanted=all&_r=1& Interesting piece by Catherine Rampell. googlee959cce17022f5fb.html