Users would be able to earn "Karma Coins" by meditating and teaching Buddhism. The coins could be spent within a special Buddhist community called the "Lotos Network." A group of Buddhist programmers says it's time for the world’s first cryptocurrency-based spiritual community, built using "blockchain," the booming new technology that makes Bitcoin and hundreds of other [...]
15 Buddhist Apps to Help Recognize You Don’t Really Need a Buddhist iPhone App
Sam Littlefair learns why there are so few Buddhist apps and how — even if they're not totally necessary — they might help you on your spiritual journey. I select Stop, Breathe & Think on my iPad, and the app opens to a friendly drawing of a meditator, next to a large “Begin” button, which I tap. I’m swept into my guided meditation. Close your eyes, reads the next [...]
How Oculus Rift Will Change Buddhism
It won’t be long before you can slip on a headset and enter a new dharma realm. But, says Vincent Horn, we should watch our step. “Presence”—that’s the term used by the makers of virtual reality (“VR”) to describe how immersive it feels when you’re in one of their simulated three-dimensional environments. It’s the visceral feeling of actually being somewhere. I experienced [...]
