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...

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...

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,...

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.

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,...