POPULAR ESSAYS
- · “Rationale for the Establishment of a Network of Contemplative Observatories,” in Snow Lion: The Buddhist Magazine & Catalog, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 2012
- “Distorted Visions of Buddhism: Agnostic and Atheist” In Mandala: A Tibetan Buddhist Journal, October/November, 2010, Online version.
- “Shamatha in the Indian Buddhist Tradition.” In Mandala: A Tibetan Buddhist Journal, April, 2010:
- “Within You, Without You: Like a telescope launched into orbit beyond the distortions of the earth’s atmosphere, shamatha meditation provides a platform for exploring the deep space of the mind.” In Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Winter, 2009: 78 – 83, 119
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“Achieving Free Will: A Buddhist Perspective.” In Mandala: A Tibetan Buddhist Journal, January/March 2009: pp. 55 – 58
- “A MIndful Balance.” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Spring 2008.
- “Awakening to the Dream.” Tricycle, Winter 2006.
- “Religion and Reason: Letter to a Christian Nation Reviewed.” Shambhala Sun, November 2006. pp. 99-100
- “Mental Balance and Well-Being: Building Bridges Between Buddhism and Western Psychology.” American Psychologist, October 2006.
- “Immaterial Evidence.” Tricycle, Spring 2006. pp. 84-86
- “Illusions of Knowledge” Response to “Quantum Mechanics and the Brain” by Christof Koch and Klaus Hepp (Nature, Vol. 440/30 March 2006)
- “Choice of Perspectives: Science limited in explanations ” Science & Theology, Jan. 2006, p. 11.
- “Energy Dynamics” Life Positive, Jan. 2006.
- “Forum: Lojong Mind Training Practices.” With Judith Lief and Ken McLeod. BuddhaDharma, Fall 2005, pp. 38-47 & 85-86.
- “What is True Happiness?” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 2005, pp. 72-73 & 118-119. Read PDF online .
- “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Reflections on the American 2004 Elections.”
- “Lucid Dreaming and Meditation.””Overlapping Worlds” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Spring 2003, pp. 58-69.
- “Refining the Attention: Focusing on What Matters, Moment by Moment.” Spiritual & Health: The Soul/Body Connection, Summer 2002, pp. 30-33.
- “Tibetan Buddhism in the West: Is It Working?” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Summer 2001, pp. 54-63.
- “Emptiness on My Mind.” Mandala: Buddhism in Our Time, June 2001, pp. 26-27.