by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 14, 2009
In August 2007, I told Lama Surya Das that I had a three-step plan towards world peace (see previous post, “Three Easy Steps to World Peace”). Lama replied in jest, “Three steps is too many, try doing it in one step”. And I said, “Sure....
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 1, 2009
Sometimes, strange things happen to innocent people. Especially when that innocent person is me. One beautiful summer day in 2003, I was taking an afternoon walk in the grounds surrounding the Google campus, just minding my own business. And then something strange...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 28, 2009
Are we divinely created? Or are we descended from monkeys? I recently heard that the Dalai Lama has a very cool answer. According to Tibetan legend, once upon a time, an ogress fell in love with a meditating monkey god and asked him to marry her. Eventually, after...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 13, 2009
I realized that I’m just a simple, unambitious man. I have no personal ambitions. All I’m trying to do is to save the world, and make $1.1 billion while doing that. And I’m such a simple man. All I ask for is perfection. That’s...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 7, 2009
Twice this week, I forgotten my meditation bell when leading meditation. Not once, but twice. I deserve the No-bell Prize.
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 6, 2009
Ke told me that in China, it’s common for graduating students to write their own letters of recommendation in the names of their professors. If I get to write my own recommendation in the name of my prof, it’ll look like this: Meng is, by far, the best...
