Jan 2024 Blog Post

Author: khemarato

_content/articles/believing-in-karma-effect-of-mortality_chen-siyun-et-al.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ drive_links:
 course: death # 2.5 stars?
 tags:
   - cosmology
+  - path
 year: 2019
 month: jul
 journal: "Frontiers in Psychology"

_content/articles/discourses-of-reappearing-reenactment-of_averbuch-irit.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ course: modern
 tags:
   - japanese
   - tantric
+  - sangha
   - religion
 year: 2011
 month: may

_content/articles/insight-knowledge-of-no-self-in-buddhism_albahari-miri.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors:
 external_url: "http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3521354.0014.021"
 drive_links:
   - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yxdXelnGrfcpxjJNVJ74pJRLVYQnDy55/view?usp=drivesdk"
-course: emptiness
+course: emptiness # solidly three stars
 tags:
   - academic
   - epistemology

_content/articles/speaker-listener-neural-coupling_stephens-greg-j-et-al.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ external_url: "https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/107/32/14425.full.pdf"
 source_url: "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1008662107"
 drive_links:
   - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mtBRPacnBsR8kXlywrURhCqLczaeELCr/view?usp=drivesdk"
+status: featured
 course: communication
 tags:
   - neuroscience

_content/av/types-of-meditation_yuttadhammo.md

@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ drive_links:
 course: emptiness
 tags:
   - meditation
+  - karma
+  - epistemology
 year: 2014
 month: jun
 minutes: 96
 ---
 
-In this talk, followed by questions and answers, Yuttadhammo explains the different categories of meditation and their common factors, such as mindfulness and concentration.
+> You will never let go of the things you love. So you don't have to worry.
+
+In this talk, followed by questions and answers, Yuttadhammo explains the different categories of meditation and their common factors, such as mindfulness and concentration.

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_posts/2024-01-31-new-year.md

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+---
+title: "An Empty New Year"
+---
+
+This month I'm happy to announce the addition of four new topics to our library: [Cosmology (*Saṃsāra*)](/tags/cosmology), [Emptiness (*Śūnyatā*)](/tags/emptiness), [Epistemology (*Pramāṇa*)](/tags/epistemology), and [Communication Studies](/tags/communication).
+
+The first three sections are subtopics exploring different facets of [Right View](/tags/view) and "Communication" further extends our library's coverage of practical, [secular topics](/tags/world).
+
+Of these new sections, I'm especially pleased to introduce you to three of my favorite works on the true meaning of Emptiness (*Śūnyatā*):
+
+{% include content_blurb.html category="booklets" slug="gifts-he-left-behind_dun" %}
+- One of my favorite Dhamma books ever (period!), the short anecdotes and teachings in this collection never fail to touch my heart every time I reread them (which is often!)
+
+{% include content_blurb.html category="av" slug="free-will-no-such-thing_brahm" %}
+- One perennially vexing topic in philosophy is the problem of "Free Will." By instead believing in "Free Won't," Ajahn Brahm has cut through the noise and pointed out that real freedom lies in saying "no." A truly profound teaching applicable in daily life and all the way to the realization of *nibbāna*.
+
+{% include content_blurb.html category="av" slug="types-of-meditation_yuttadhammo" %}
+- Lastly, this talk by Bhante Yuttadhammo in particular has stuck with me for a long time as one that gave me clarity and confidence in what it is we're doing in our meditation to transform our minds and see "reality."
+
+All the works [here](/tags) (but especially these three) have been impactful on my learning and practice, and I hope you will find them helpful as well.
+
+Wishing you every success in your own spiritual journey,  
+Khemarato Bhikkhu  
+Librarian @ OBU  

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_tags/world.md

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 Earth and [the primates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human) reshaping it.
+
+Secular topics to help you understand and navigate today's world.