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  Recommended New Release:

  You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing:
  An Illustrious Collection of Thoughts on Naught
  
  Whether a subject of dread or of fascination, nothing (often spelled with a capital "N") has intrigued writers, philosophers, and scientists since ancient times. In this sound-bite history of the concept of nothing, distinguished journalist Joan Konner (a longtime Center board member and Dean Emerita of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism) has created a unique anthology devoted to, well, ... nothing. The collection brings together, in one portable volume, the thoughts of well-known writers and philosophers, artists and musicians, poets and playwrights, geniuses and jokers, demonstrating that some of the finest minds explored, feared, confronted, experienced, and played with the real or imagined presence of nothing in their lives. 
  
  You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing shows that, like many Eastern sages, deep thinkers in the West also recognized and pondered nonexistence as an essential component and complement of existence itself. Organized in short topical chapters from "Knowing Nothing" to the "Joy of Unknowing" and "Nothing is Sacred," the verbal snapshots captured in this collection create a coherent work of insight, wisdom, humor and wonder.

• Video: Charles Halpern on Empathy, Meditation, and the Practice of Law
  
  A talk presented at the University at Buffalo Law School, Friday, September 25, 2009 by Charles Halpern, founding Board Member of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
  
  
  

• Short Meditations for Work or Anywhere

  Download these guided meditations to your mp3 player or listen online. To listen, simply click on a practice and wait for it to load. To download, right-click (Mac users, CTRL-click) and select "save link as" or "save target as."

   

  Diana Winston Director of the Mindfulness Center, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

  Breathing Meditation (5 mins)

  Loving-Kindness Meditation (10 mins)

  Breath, Sound & Body Meditation (12 mins)

  Listen to more meditations by Diana at the MARC-UCLA website

  Mirabai Bush Associate Director and Senior Fellow, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

  Bare Attention Meditation (5 mins)

  Breath and Sound Meditation (10 mins)

  Arthur Zajonc Director, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

  Introduction to the 4-Part Bell Sound Practice (5 mins)

  The 4-Part Bell Sound Practice (10 mins)

• Explore the Tree of Contemplative Practices
  You may be familiar with meditation, prayer, and yoga, but what about lectio divina, tonglen, and contemplative art? The Tree illustrates the similarities and common roots of a variety of contemplative practices.

   

  An 11" x 17" print of the Tree is also available in our online store.

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