Meditations
40 Meditations — Marcus Aurelius 40 Meditations — Marcus Aurelius Zen Buttons Human History Calendar Dedication ➡️ Dedicated to all my Buddhist friends One random day in America I was missing India like crazy, so I walked into the nearest Buddhist temple. The smell of incense hit me and — boom — I was home again. Sitting there I had this light-bulb moment: Buddhism is Eastern Stoicism. Stoicism is Western Buddhism. Same medicine, different bottle. So I took Marcus Aurelius’ private notebook — written almost 1,900 years ago on a freezing war frontier — and gently carved it into exactly 40 bite-sized pieces. Why 40? Every season has 91 days, the Tao Te Ching has 81 chapters, and 91 − 81 = 10. Ten extra days per season → forty per year. Perfect fit. We get to play with time and build our own days. So why not make them awesome? with love, ...