by Chade-Meng Tan | May 29, 2010
One of the best analogies I have ever come across for meditation practice is a baby learning to walk. I remember my daughter taking her first step when she was about nine months old. One beautiful step. But one step was all she could manage before she would fall, in...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 27, 2010
Sometimes, you can get away with being lazy just by being funny. Example 1: Boss came into my office looking all flustered. He looked at me with a face full of tension and said, “Meng, I need you to give me a hand”. I said, “Sure”. Then I...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 24, 2010
I’ve been invited to become a senior adviser to a tech company. They also invited me to choose a title for myself. I like funny titles (unfortunately, “Jolly Good Fellow” is already taken by one very good-looking guy in Google). I also like the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 23, 2010
Couple of random thoughts that came up over the past few weeks. Quiet Mind In giving up, I find. In letting go, I gain. In just being, I become. In my silence, hear me roar. In this void, is Dharma. The Lazy Bodhisattva With great compassion, aspire daily to save the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 22, 2010
Last Sunday (16 May 2010), I may have had one of the coolest tweets in the world. My tweet was: Stood right behind Dalai Lama at buffet line! Background story: We were having a buffet lunch at the house of Biddy Martin, Chancellor of the University of...
