A Jotter of Niceties on These Topics

Deepak Chopra and Robert Thurman – the title there doesn’t quite do this justice.  Chopra’s working synopsis of Vedanta including the 5 kleshas, 4 paths of yoga (karma, raja, bhakti, jñana), Rabindranath Tagore.  R.T.: “There is no difference between Buddha Dharma and Vedanta.”  Cool.  Perennial.  Comments and critiques merited in that section – in fact, jumping off point for further thought or talk.  Nonetheless, good basic conceptual entertaining round up.

Ok, this talk is genius, imho.  Such a clear statement for the ‘scientific’ mind about what how we can understand key Buddhist principles.  Emptiness explained.  Continuity of consciousness.  Beautiful.  Chi. Yogic techniques as study.

Thupten Jinpa talks about self-compassion and perhaps our cultural boundaries and traditions that may make self-compassion more difficult.