佩玛•丘卓(Pema Chödrön)，西藏金刚乘比丘尼，创巴仁波切最杰出的大弟子之一，北美第一座藏密修道院甘波修道院院长，是现代人身心修持的精神导师。她出家前曾结婚生子，后因先生有外遇而离异。由于经历过痛苦的洗礼，她对佛法的体悟和诠释非常生活化，贴近现代人的内心需求和渴望。自1974年持戒以来，常常在欧洲、澳洲、北美演讲，主持工作室。 著有《当生命陷落时》、《转逆境为喜悦》、《与无常共处》、《生命不再等待》等颇有影响力的著作。

佩玛•丘卓(Pema Chödrön)，西藏金刚乘比丘尼，创巴仁波切最杰出的大弟子之一，北美第一座藏密修道院甘波修道院院长，是现代人身心修持的精神导师。她出家前曾结婚生子，后因先生有外遇而离异。由于经历过痛苦的洗礼，她对佛法的体悟和诠释非常生活化，贴近现代人的内心需求和渴望。自1974年持戒以来，常常在欧洲、澳洲、北美演讲，主持工作室。 著有《当生命陷落时》、《转逆境为喜悦》、《与无常共处》、《生命不再等待》等颇有影响力的著作。

Quantum mechanics appears to describe a universal order that includes us in a very special way. In fact, our minds may enter into nature in a way we had not imagined possible. The thought that atoms may not exist without observers of atoms is, to me, a very exciting thought. Could this fact concerning atoms also apply in other realms of science? Perhaps much of what is taken to...(展开全部)

This book entertainingly traces the history of physics from the observations of the earlyGreeks through the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the dazzling theories of such scientists as Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Bohm. This humanized view of science opens up the mind-stretching visions of how quantum mechanics, God, human thought, and will are related, and provides profound...(展开全部)

Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today. Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to know: All children have fears, but how much is normal?...(展开全部)

"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering - a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. Indeed, a century of auto-centric culture and city planning has left most of the countr...(展开全部)

Here a leading scholar in constitutional law, Mark Tushnet, challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow U.S. judges to invalidate "unconstitutional" governmental actions. Many people, particularly liberals, have "warm and fuzzy" feelings about judicial review. They are nervous about what might happen to unprotected constitution...(展开全部)

Here a leading scholar in constitutional law, Mark Tushnet, challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow U.S. judges to invalidate "unconstitutional" governmental actions. Many people, particularly liberals, have "warm and fuzzy" feelings about judicial review. They are nervous about what might happen to unprotected constitution...(展开全部)

If you’ve ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression , four uniquely qualified experts explain why our usual attempts to think” our way out of a bad mood or ...(展开全部)