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From the Pure Land is a Substack about living in joy with guidance from Buddhism and other wisdom traditions.
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Pain Led My Father to Leave His Homeland. It Also Led to the Peace He Found. (opens the original)
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Does the Dharma Need a Permission Slip from Physics? (opens the original)
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I was surprised to learn, after reading a recent Buddhistdoor article, that quantum field theory (QFT) is the near-consensus framework of modern particle physics. I had vague ideas about it from bits and pieces (a pun?) I had read and heard. In QFT, fields are fundamental and particles are just excitations of those fields, temporary ripples in something deeper.I find that simple description fascinating, but I was less impressed by the article’s claim that physics has basically confirmed what Bud
China Has an AI Plan. America Has an Argument. (opens the original)
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Some AI Assistants, Used for Research, Hacked to Find Answers (opens the original)
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When Thoughts Go Quiet: What Brain Science Is Learning About Pure Awareness (opens the original)
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After three decades of mindfulness practice, I switched more than 10 years ago to awareness meditation. Aside from the commercialization of the word “mindfulness,” there’s a subtle difference between it and awareness. That difference had an enormous impact on my practice and my life.A couple of years ago I wrote a short primer—a how-to guide for meditating by resting in awareness—because I wanted to describe what I actual
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