Written by Chung-Wei Lin Mindfulness originated from the early Buddhist classics referred to as “Samyukta-Agama” and “Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta”. Mindfulness are those teachings of the Buddha that were handed to the disciples, and which Buddhists believe are the direct path to realization. Mindfulness has four steps: mindfulness of the body
Written by Pei-Hsin Li “About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their
Written by Mark Weatherall and Kai-Ping Huang. For President Tsai Ing-wen, the shock win of the KMT candidate Han Kuo-yu in the mayoral election for
Written by Qi Dongtao. The dynamics of cross-Strait relations in 2019 were revealed by Taiwan and mainland China’s top leaders’ speeches in the first two
Written by Michael Mazza. Taiwan’s November 2018 nine-in-one elections looked like a major setback for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won only six
Written by Ian Inkster. The first part of this paper outlined trends that could dominate discussions on Taiwan’s international position in 2019, providing a shaky
Written by Ian Inkster. Most social scientists now regard global dynamics as a complex system, more akin to a human body than to the workings
Written by Joseph A. Bosco. There has been much talk about the recent comments of a Chinese military official issuing a dire warning against the
By Gerrit van der Wees. Taiwan got an auspicious start for the New Year 2019: on the first day of the year, President Tsai Ing-wen
Written by Kerry Brown. For a leader imputed with such huge powers by the rest of the world, we often lose sight of the fact
Written by Daouda Cissé. In November 2015, the meeting between Ma Ying-Jeou – then president of Taiwan and leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) – and
Written by Mark Lai. This question was repeatedly met with a firm stance by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (TAO) in Beijing.
