How Mindfulness Can Free Us from Our Social Media Tribes
By learning to notice our biases, we can avoid deepening the tribal divide.
Robert Wright
Robert Wright is a Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary, runs the Mindful Resistance Project, and is the author, most recently, of Why Buddhism is True.
How Can We Respond to Violent Hate?
Three messages by prominent Buddhists address the recent mail bombing campaign and deadly shootings.
What is the Mindful Response to a School Shooting?
It will take more than outrage to create real change.
Why Buddhism is True (And Why You Can Blame Natural Selection for Your Suffering)
In this adaptation from his new book, Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright explains how evolutionary psychology supports the Buddhist diagnosis of the human predicament.
Online Courses
Online Course
Beyond Tribalism: How Mindfulness Can Save the World
Robert Wright shines a light on our tribalistic tendencies through the lens of evolutionary psychology. The result offers a clear, fresh perspective on Buddhist philosophy and practice and shows how mindfulness just might save the world.
Podcasts
Why (Science Says) Buddhism Is True
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, best-selling author Robert Wright speaks with Tricycle’s web editor, Wendy Joan Biddlecombe, about how evolutionary psychology supports what the Buddha taught us about suffering and not being satisfied in the present moment. In the talk, Wright explains why we haven’t evolved past difficult emotions such as anxiety and how mindfulness meditation can provide a way to work through—and maybe even free us from—them.
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