Steve Silberman reflects on the life of poet Peter Orlovsky: a eulogy featuring never before seen photos.
Mindful Living – The Wired World: Did You Get the Message?
The “real-time web” offers round-the-clock pressures and distractions that make it hard to tell where the virtual world ends.
Baboon samadhi?

Can animals meditation? Steve Silberman discusses the possibility, using sutra and science alike.
“For no mere mortal can resist…”
Steve Silberman shares an anecdote about a Tibetan death ceremony.
Iran: Compassion in Chaos
Steve Silberman reflects on a picture from the Iran elections of a protester helping a wounded riot policeman out of the crowd to safety:
Nothing Special: The Dalai Lama in Berkeley — a report and photos from Steve Silberman
On Saturday, April 27, the Dalai Lama gave a talk on “Peace Through Compassion” at the Greek Theater, in Berkeley, California.
From the “One Small Step, One Giant Leap” Dept.
Steve Silberman speaks out against California’s Proposition 8.
The Birth of the Sixties: When the Beats Became Hippies
Review of A Blue Hand: The Beats in India by Deborah Baker.
The Only Choice is Kindness
“Life is so difficult, how can we be anything but kind”—it was these words that inspired Sylvia Boorstein to follow the Buddhist path.
Terra Cognito
Review of “Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain” by Sharon Begle.