by Chade-Meng Tan | Dec 15, 2012
懶菩薩 心平如靜水,慈悲植心靈。 天天立雄志,普渡天下民。 志向當強烈,慈悲放光芒。 濟世不拼命,無為順自然。 所做平常事,造福天下人。 你這活菩薩,救世也好玩。 The Lazy Bodhisattva With deep inner peace, And great compassion, Aspire daily to save the world. But do not strive to achieve it. Just do whatever comes naturally. Because when...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Dec 12, 2012
I have just been informed by my publisher that the Korean edition ofSearch Inside Yourself was the #1 bestseller in Korea in the self-help category. My wife and I both watch a lot of Korean TV, so we both already feel a kinship with the Korean culture. This is very...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Nov 7, 2012
Proposal: Using 靜觀 / 静观 as the Chinese translation for “mindfulness”. Question for comments: Any serious downsides that I’m unaware of? Details: As I’m reviewing the draft Chinese translation of my book Search Inside Yourself, I came across a...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Oct 8, 2012
入我佛渊,光辉灿烂。 饮我佛源,不尽感恩。 思我佛缘,心花怒放。 植我佛园,柢固根深。 叹我佛远,坚心悟法。 完我佛愿,造福苍生。 (Left untranslated, because this poem is so delicate I can’t translate without breaking...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Oct 1, 2012
Chade-Meng Tan is an amazing guy. He started out as an engineer at Google, but his current title is Jolly Good Fellow with a job description that reads, “Enlighten minds, open hearts, create world peace.” As part of that mission, he developed a personal growth...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 27, 2012
Normally, I do not write book reviews, but I recently heard an outstanding talk byChade-Meng Tan, who trains Googleemployees to meditate, practicemindfulness, and improve their emotional intelligence.