Science & Buddhism

April 26, 2020 @ 2 pm

Pandemic & Practice 2

Our "Last Sundays" Science & Buddhism discussion is again going online this month to discuss the Coronavirus and Covid-19 pandemic and its affect on our lives and on our practice. The discussion will be led by Jikoji teacher Doug Jacobson.

You may access the discussion via Zoom shortly before
2pm, Sunday, April 26.

Please check back here for the link.

Hope to see you there!

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A lot has changed since we last met in March. See the NYTimes free Corona Virus Coverage, which includes many articles daily discussing various aspects of the crisis. Our discussion will be led by Kaizan Doug Jacobson

A few key links:

Worldometer Statistics on Virus
This includes worldwide, country, and state statistics and charts on cases, deaths, new cases and deaths, and per million population.

See also the context of worldwide general statistics -- Covid-19 is still minor within that context, except for its government and economic impacts.

In terms of what to do, it's summarized as "hammer and dance":

Tomas Pueyo - The Hammer and the Dance - Medium

• The Hammer of travel restrictions, social distancing and lockdowns reduces exponential transmission to sub-linear

• The Dance is next for the developed world, hopefully soon -- to release and re-apply restrictions depending on our needs and capacity to handle them.

We're mostly focused on the hammer now, but the dance could take a long time, and will be harder to manage, if we don't get effective treatments.

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As always, our “Last Sundays” Science & Buddhism discussions are quite open and informal with all invited to participate.

All are welcome. No prior experience with science, Buddhism, or meditation is necessary. Hope to see you there!