by Chade-Meng Tan | Nov 27, 2010
On 18 November 2010, I delivered a TED talk at the United Nations. The theme of the event was “Creating a Compassionate World”. I titled my 15-minute talk, “Compassion for Fun and Profit”. The video is available at http://on.ted.com/Meng. ...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Nov 6, 2010
The organizers of the World Peace Festival have bestowed much honor upon me. They invited me to become a Founding Patron and named me a World Peace Ambassador. A few months ago, they further honored me by inviting me to write the introduction for their booklet, Tools...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Oct 28, 2010
Chinese sage Confucius famously said this about his own life: – When I was fifteen, I was determined in my studies. – At thirty, I was self-established. – At forty, I could no longer be confused nor tempted. – At fifty, I understood my divine...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Oct 27, 2010
As I was sitting in meditation, I observed the sense of self getting increasingly subtle. It reached a point where identity disappeared. This is a mind where there is an observer, but there is no identity. Since there is still an observer, this is not full-blown...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Oct 21, 2010
Is it true that once you get turned into a vampire, your physical form can never change again? If that’s true, please give me 6 months notice before turning me into a vampire. I would like to do 6 months of intense workout before my physical form becomes...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 17, 2010
Emotional self-mastery is not about never having certain emotions, it is about becoming very skillful with them. For example, in Buddhist psychology, there is an important difference between anger and indignation: anger arises out of powerlessness, while indignation...
