[23] Five of Harris's books have been New York Times bestsellers, and his writing has been translated into over 20 languages. His advisor was Mark S. In addition to extensive training in the meditative and philosophical traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Mingyur Rinpoche has also had a lifelong interest in Western science and psychology. [62] He argues the dangers from artificial intelligence (AI) follow from three premises: that intelligence is the result of physical information processing, that humans will continue innovation in AI, and that humans are nowhere near the maximum possible extent of intelligence. He came to prominence for his criticism of religion (Islam in particular) and is described as one of the "Four Horsemen of Atheism", along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett. The app provides daily meditations; long guided meditations; daily "Moments" (brief meditations and reminders); conversations with thought leaders in psychology, meditation, philosophy, psychedelics, and other disciplines; a selection of lessons on various topics, such as Mind & Emotion, Free Will, and Doing Good; and more. [29] In June and July 2018, he met with Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson for a series of debates on religion, particularly the relationship between religious values and scientific fact in defining truth. Most uniquely, Rinpoche’s teachings weave together his own personal experiences with modern scientific research, relating both to the […] [8] He was raised by his mother following his parents' divorce when he was aged two. [102] Harris and Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein later discussed the affair in a podcast interview,[103] where Klein criticized Harris for rebuking tribalism in the form of identity politics while failing to recognize his own version of tribalism. the content you have visited before. Many years later, in 2002, Mingyur Rinpoche and a handful of other long-term meditators were invited to the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Richard Davidson, Antoine Lutz, and other scientists examined the effects of meditation on the brains of advanced meditators. "[81], Harris has been accused of Islamophobia by journalist Glenn Greenwald and linguist and political commentator Noam Chomsky. by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Vie en Asie. He teaches widely in the West and oversees nunneries and monasteries in Tibet and Nepal. "[78] On the other hand, The Moral Landscape received a largely positive review from psychologists James Diller and Andrew Nuzzolilli. [17][21] His thesis was titled The Moral Landscape: How Science Could Determine Human Values. [80], Harris's book on spirituality and meditation received mainly positive reviews[81][82][50][52] as well as some mixed reviews. [60], In 2018, Robert Wright, a visiting professor of science and religion at Union Theological Seminary, published an article in Wired criticizing Harris whom he described as "annoying" and "deluded". [26] Harris also debated with Rabbi David Wolpe in 2007. Most uniquely, Rinpoche’s teachings weave together his own personal experiences with modern scientific research, relating both to the practice of meditation. Episodes vary in length but often last over two hours. O caminho do bodisatva, por Shāntideva. "[41] While broadly opposed to religion in general and the belief systems religions entail, Harris believes that all religions are not created equal. [88] "My criticism of Islam is a criticism of beliefs and their consequences, but my fellow liberals reflexively view it as an expression of intolerance toward people,"[89] he wrote following a disagreement with actor Ben Affleck in October 2014 on the show Real Time with Bill Maher. [51], In Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion (2014), Harris describes his experience with Dzogchen, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice, and recommends it to his readers. Tsoknyi Rinpoche is a meditation master in the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and son of the late Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. His candid, often humorous accounts of his own personal difficulties have endeared him to thousands of students around the world. Harris was born on April 9, 1967 in Los Angeles. (Currently we do not use targeting or targeting cookies. [42] Often using Jainism to contrast other fundamentalist groups, Harris highlights the difference in the specific doctrine and scripture as the main indicator of a religion's value, or lack thereof. [32], In September 2013, Harris began releasing the Waking Up podcast (since re-titled Making Sense). [3][4] He has written for publications such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Economist, London Times, Boston Globe, and The Atlantic. Affleck had described Harris's views on Muslims as "gross" and "racist," and his statement that "Islam is the mother lode of bad ideas" as an "ugly thing to say. His most recent book is Open Heart, Open Mind. Harris has since written six additional books: Letter to a Christian Nation in 2006, The Moral Landscape: How Science Could Determine Human Values in 2010, the long-form essay Lying in 2011, the short book Free Will in 2012, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion in 2014, and (with British writer Maajid Nawaz) Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue in 2015.