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As they’re parting at the train station, the young man suddenly asks, “Humans . . . why are we living?” His uncle is at first startled...

“I love you” At the end of five days of intensive workshops and three hours of presentations, these were the final words spoken by the...

On the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I remember my responsibility to to create a peaceful, gentle world that protects...

Mom saw this photo and sent me a letter with a $20 bill and a note that read, “Steve, your hair is too long—you better cut it.” People...

Still jammin after all these years. Found this old photo with Nobuyuki Ueda from our younger days when we were students of education and...

At that moment a strong sense of knowing dropped down into me. I understood a picture of the pattern of life, how it works again and...

"What happens in this class is a kind of tiny miracle. We cross borders, inside ourselves and between us and others, finding the...

People from around the World will come together in Berkeley June 29-30 for an Urban Retreat to ask “What’s After Mindfulness?” Teachers...

Watching myself on TV I’m reminded why I stopped watching it many years ago. I agreed to be on the program Bebop High Heel, (ビーバップ！ハイヒール)...

テレビに出演した「ビーバップ！ハイヒール」という関西の人気バラエティ番組ですが、20日までTver で視聴できます。https://tver.jp/

明日6/13(木) 23:37から、僕ががテレビに出ます。 「ビーパップハイヒール」 ABC 朝日放送テレビ。 Trailer: https://www.asahi.co.jp/be-bop/ 関西の番組なので東京では見られませんが、放送後一週間だけ、Tver...

Robbie at the Stanford bookstore keeps generously sharing his feelings about the book. I'm sure that all of you who write or aspire to,...

“We are the Leaders we are looking for!” 私たちは、リーダーとは「役職が上の人」「チームのまとめ役」など限られた人で、残りはフォロワーだと思いがちだ。だが、誰もがリーダーシップを備えているーこの考え方を教えてくれたのは、１００歳で亡く...

When I received the news that my book had reached a fourth printing I thought I’d find a happy photo of the time when it had been...

『スタンフォード大学マインドフルネス教室』が4刷の重版になった。妻のチナが僕より喜んでいる。多分、僕にとって本を出すことは出産のようなもので、赤ん坊を産んだばかりの母親の気持ちに似ているかもしれない。やっと出て本人は疲れ果てるが、父親は嬉しくて喜んでいる。本に関しては、僕が...

Life is strange. I’m staying in a university guest house in the neighborhood where I was born in Tokyo. I walk to the temple and shrine...