Essays
Recent essays I have written on different topics. All my essays are available in the archive.
The Careless Hand
Deity Meditation
Lama Gursam visited Baltimore the weekend of August 1st to 3rd in 2025. On the last day he gave a talk on deity yoga, the meditation practice where you visualize a deity in front of you, or yourself as a deity. These are my notes from his talk. They have been edited to read like a transcript, but they are notes and only the highlights from his talk.
Practicing Gratefulness
Lama Gursam visited Baltimore the weekend of August 1st to 3rd in 2025. While here he spoke on gratefulness as a meditation practice. These are my notes from his talk. They have been edited to read like a transcript, but they are notes and only the highlights from his talk.
Guru Yoga Meditation
Khenchen Konchog Rinpoche composed a brief guru yoga meditation on the founder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage, Jigten Sumgon. These are my notes from his talk. I have put the English text of this meditation at the end of my notes.
Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Times
This are my notes from a talk given by Khenchen Konchog at the Nepali Hindu-Buddhist Center on June 21, 2025. This is not a transcript and there are gaps in them, but I hope they are clear enough to give some idea of the talk.
Billion Dollar Idea
I have argued that medical practice in America needs to be reformed. The dominant medical system is too expensive and drugs are too toxic. Instead I suggested a three tiered system. First, health coaches to teach people how to stay healthy through lifestyle. Second, natural medicine to assist the body's own healing mechanisms. And third, conventional medicine for emergencies when there is no time for the body to heal itself or the medical problem has gone too far to heal. While proposing ideas is fine, what matters is to make them happen. Here is a business opportunity for someone who wants to change how medicine is practiced in America.