In this special report for CBS’s 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper reports on what it’s like to try to achieve “mindfulness,” a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today’s world of digital distractions. Read...
The great Korean Zen Master Subul Sunim recently gave me this advice: “To acquire wisdom is hard, but to abandon it is even harder. You have accumulated a lot of wisdom, and your wisdom has brought you to this point, but to advance further, you need to abandon...
Last Sunday, on the International Day of Peace, my dearest friends and fellow Co-chairs of One Billion Acts of Peace, Dawn and Ivan (each of whom has been nominated 8 times for the Nobel Peace Prize), challenged me to perform or commit to performing a substantial act...
Prince Siddhartha left home to seek enlightenment shortly after his son, Rahula, was born. After six years of intense struggle, Prince Siddhartha gained full enlightenment and became the Buddha. By the time he came home to visit his family, Rahula was already seven...
