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Erric Solomon
Erric Solomon was born in Boston, USA and has been studying and practising Buddhism under the guidance of Sogyal Rinpoche since 1984. Under Rinpoche’s guidance Erric also studied under Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche in Nepal, and has received teachings from many of the most accomplished Tibetan teachers of the last 30 years.
Erric worked in Silicon Valley, California as vice president of software engineering in one of the world’s largest software companies, before he moved to France in 2006 to do the Three Year Retreat in Lerab Ling. Since the end of 2009 he has been an Executive Director of Rigpa International, where his management experience and his Dharma knowledge are brought to bear. Erric directs the department of Educational Resources and plays a key role in curriculum development. Under Sogyal Rinpoche’s guidance, he has been directing the devlopment What Meditation Really Is, a new dynamic approach which combines a blog, online access to teachings, courses given in Buddhist centres and an online course in order to offer meditation instruction to as broad an audience as possible. Erric is especially interested in developing Public Programmes and exploring ways of communicating the principals of Buddhism outside of a traditional Buddhist context.
Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche: Mindful Awareness without the Cushion
Five Sure-Fire Steps to Igniting a Daily Meditation Practice
One of the most common questions that come up for beginning meditators is something like: “although I want to establish a regular daily meditation practice, I start out great at first but then after a while it fades away. What can I do?”
Actually, it isn’t all that hard to establish a lifelong habit of meditation, but it does take a little time to build it up.
By following these five easy steps, our meditation practice will gradually become an effortless habit. Guaranteed!
Sogyal Rinpoche: Teaching Children & Adults that Non-Distraction is Meditation
This video features Sogyal Rinpoche “hot off the press” from his Easter Retreat at Haileybury College in the UK. At his playfully provocative, incredibly pithy and insightful best, he is teaching children and adults the key points of meditation practice. Best would be to find your cushion and then press play, but you do not want to miss this one!
Speak with a Buddhist Geek:Interview with Vincent Horn Part 2
Here’s more from my What Meditation Really Is Skype with Vincent Horn, co-founder of Buddhist Geeks. We discuss first how technology can support contemplative practice. In the second video we speak about some of the exciting challenges and opportunities when bringing scientists and contemplatives together in the same room. Enjoy!
Top Ten Reasons Why We Should Never Meditate
Is meditation really for everybody? Aren’t there a lot of good reasons never to meditate? Seems like all we do on this blog is go on and on about how great meditation is. To remedy this one-sided approach and bring a bit of balance to the blog, I’ve painstakingly compiled a carefully researched list of the top ten reasons never to meditate. Please feel free to add your own reasons in the comments section.
Interview with a Buddhist Geek: Vincent Horn on how the Geeks got going
Recently, I spent almost 90 minutes on skype speaking with Vincent Horn, co-founder of Buddhist Geeks. The Buddhist Geeks podcasts are wildly popular and all kinds of unusual topics are covered through interviews of Buddhist meditators, teachers, scholars and all kinds of other fascinating people. So, I asked Vincent if we could turn the tables and have him be the subject of an interview. He readily agreed.
Introducing Nuptul Rinpoche a Tenzin Gyatso Scholar
Meet Nuptul Rinpoche, a Tenzin Gyatso Scholar. Late last year, I blogged (here) about the program which is inspired by HH Dalai Lama, to bring the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhist wisdom together with the insight and intelligence of modern scientific research. By taking accomplished Buddhist scholars, trained in the traditional way, and giving them a first class western university education the result could be incredibly beneficial for humanity—a new synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern scientific inquiry.
Arturo Bejar: Mindfulness, Empathy & Compassion on Facebook
Watch this WhatMeditationReallyIs.com interview with Arturo Behar, an Engineering Director at Facebook, on the opportunity for mindfulness, compassion and empathy in social media and the necessity for developing tools within Facebook for enabling it. This interview took place between sessions at Wisdom 2.0.
Interview with U.S. Congressmen Tim Ryan on a More Mindful Society
Roshi Joan Halifax on Buddhism, Technology and Work @ Wisdom 2.0
