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Mindfulness & Social Action
A transcribed talk given by Michael designed into a beautiful booklet. Michael described this talk as a manifesto for how to talk about spirituality in a post-metaphysical age, used a PowerPoint presentation (the slides are included in the e-book) and said it linked together some of his clearest ideas of the time.
This is a large collection of Michael’s talks that have been transcribed by community members (including a few French and Spanish translations), as well as interviews and articles both with and by Michael. There is also a beautiful, downloadable e-book designed and produced by students.
Out of all of the texts these three are the most popular:
Books that Michael wrote, edited, or contributed to are on the Books page.
Ethics 7: Not-Stealing
This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Stone as part of an online Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from the first limb of Yoga) and took them
Ethics 6: Mindfulness
This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Stone as part of an online Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from the first limb of Yoga) and took them
Ethics 5b: Honesty
A talk given at Centre of Gravity, Toronto, March 18, 2014 Three Trainings In Korea, in the seventh century, a form of Buddhism began to flourish that was based in meditation, as opposed to a more scholarly, text-oriented approach. Because
Ethics 5: Honesty
This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Stone (with some extra riffs from the author) as part of an online Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from the
Ethics 4: Not Harming
This text is a collage. It’s partly the words of the author and notes from a talk given by Michael as part of a Precepts Course at Centre of Gravity in 2011. This course looked at the five yamas (from
Ethics 3: Deep Background
Excerpted from a 2010 talk by Stephen Batchelor in Australia “But I think also that when the dharma comes through our age, when we conceive of ourselves in this age, we also have to bring into play ideas about evolution.
Ethics 2: How We Get Along
You No one will read this sentence the way you’re reading it, whether you hold it in your heart, or let it drift off the tips of your fingers. The way you turn the page, skipping over certain words, allowing
Ethics 1: Introduction
From Centre of Gravity, Toronto. Written by Mike Hoolboom. Why are you here? It’s the question I want to ask everyone who sits on a cushion, or rolls out a yoga mat. The answers, when they come, are predictably fantastical.
Notes on Dying 5: Crow Funeral by Elaine Jackson
Notes on a talk by Elaine Jackson on death. This is the last evening we will dedicate to death and dying, at least until Michael returns. I did not prepare a dharma talk, but I will say a couple of
Old Maps
Notes on a talk at Centre of Gravity by Michael Stone, May 6, 2014 First and Last I’m touched there’s many people here tonight. This will be the last time we’ll meet like this, so why not go back to
Noting in the Empire of Selfies
Notes on a talk by Michael Stone, April 8, 2014, at Centre of Gravity Jerry Jerry Durlack found out he had cancer, and while he wasn’t afraid of the cancer, or of dying, he was scared of the pain that
Abusing the Buddha: How the U.S. Army and Google Co-opt Mindfulness
Mindfulness meditation has exploded into an industry that ranges from the monastery to the military. Google, General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Monsanto and the U.S. Army are just a handful of the many enormous institutions that bring meditative practice to
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