by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 14, 2010
An easy way to get an injection of self-confidence is to attend a “motivational speech” where some guy speaking perfect English without my funny accent shouts at you and tells you how great you are, “You can succeed, you are great, you can do it!” And everybody...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 13, 2010
My hair was a mess, but the Dalai Lama didn’t seem to have that problem. Neither did Matthieu Ricard. I don’t remember what I was laughing about, but I like making fun of enlightened beings.
by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 12, 2010
Shinzen Young is one of the best meditation teachers I have ever met. He is very intelligent and extremely knowledgeable about science, and he speaks in a way that someone who values scientific, logical and rational thinking would find extremely attractive. (Also,...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 3, 2010
Meditation requires a balance of effort and relaxation. Too much effort makes meditation tiring and unsustainable, while too little effort causes you to lose your grip on your attention. The classical analogy for this balance is having just the right tension on the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Aug 29, 2010
My friend and teacher, a wonderful man in every way, the Very Venerable Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche delivered an Authors@Google talk and guided a meditation session after that. Here are the videos. Authors@Google talk (YouTube link) Meditation with Mingyur Rinpoche...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Aug 20, 2010
For the Google movie, Meng should be played by Jet Li or Jackie Chan. “Hey, you not take picture with me, I break your face! YA!!” If played by Jackie Chan, add a funny scene where Chris Tucker (playing himself) keeps calling Meng “Jackie” for...
