Dear friend, I hope this message finds you well. May has been very busy for me! I went from Compassion Cultivation Teachers' Training to presenting at the APA on girls breaking gender norms and narcissism in the American psyche to CAAMFest! It was a coming to critical mass of ideas and intentions, resulting in an outpouring on my Memoirs of a Superfan film blog. It was an awakening experience, a transpersonal and powerful time of synthesizing a lot that's been fermenting in my soul. The wound is the womb ...Continue Reading

Dear all, I've gone from tribe to tribe in the last few days - from a compassion cultivation retreat, and now at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, where I am presenting on two panels. On Thursday, I'll rejoin my third tribe - CAAMFest! I look forward to possibly seeing you there. Facebuddha just won the Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought! And... I just found out that Thich Nhat Hanh won the Gold! So I can't reaaaaalllly complain. I came in second to the Beyonc&eac ...Continue Reading

Hello friend, May is Mental Health Awareness Month - and I invite you to a 3 week social media detox and mindfulness challenge! With these easy to follow steps, you'll be on your way to making healthier choices about how to engage with social media and your own life. Facebuddha Mindfulness Challenge Please share with all your networks, and use these handy social media graphics to signal your intentions to your community! There are more on my website above. Also, there are still spots available for my Mindful Self-Comp ...Continue Reading

Hi all - Happy Spring! Mindful Self-Compassion continues to be very helpful to me and many others. With all that's going on in the world, we need to find ways to tend to ourselves and work with our own suffering and difficult emotions. In my 2 1/2 hour workshop on Saturday, April 21, I will give an introduction to the science and practice of MSC. You will learn several key techniques which you can bring into your daily routine. Compassion is the antidote to what ails us. Tell your friends and anyone whom you think would ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Keep reading for details on my _self-compassion workshop_ and my _new book on gun psychology_! Please share both on social media, and help me spread the word on these labors of love  It appears that the FB algorithm has taken a dislike to me, perhaps because I am barely on FB, or perhaps because I'm a FB dissenter - so now more than ever I depend on other people to share my work. Please post the links and tag me if we're friends, or tag "Ravi Chandra, Writer and Psychiatrist." (Or @going2peac ...Continue Reading

Happy Holidays! I've just lowered the price of the Facebuddha ebook to 99 cents on all platforms. The sale price will be good until January 17th! Please share with all your networks! I'm trying to generate buzz and hopefully some more reviews on Amazon and/or Goodreads! (SO do please write a review) I just got my first 5 star review on Amazon - from someone I don't even personally know ) (I also received a great review on Clinical Psychiatry News!) It feels good that my book is doing some good in the worl ...Continue Reading

Dear friend, My first print review is in!  Clinical Psychiatry News: Facebuddha Analyzes Psychology of Social Media Through a Buddhist Lens Facebuddha "is a concise introduction to Buddhism, and a forceful exposition on the power and danger of social networking – deftly interwoven with a moving account of the author’s personal life and professional growth as well as his arduous quest for identity...Dr. Chandra’s book is an endearing chronicle of a remarkable personal journey. Readers will appreciate the o ...Continue Reading

Dear friend, My first print review is in!  Clinical Psychiatry News: Facebuddha Analyzes Psychology of Social Media Through a Buddhist Lens Facebuddha "is a concise introduction to Buddhism, and a forceful exposition on the power and danger of social networking – deftly interwoven with a moving account of the author’s personal life and professional growth as well as his arduous quest for identity...Dr. Chandra’s book is an endearing chronicle of a remarkable personal journey. Readers will appreciate the o ...Continue Reading

Psychiatrist F.B. Steele wrote that Facebuddha was "akin to Luther's theses nailed to the door of the Cathedral of Technology." Much to my surprise, I discovered that Luther reportedly nailed his theses to the Wittenberg Castle Church Door exactly 500 years ago, on October 31, 1517. I couldn't pass up this synchronicity. On Tuesday, I went down to Facebook HQ with filmmaker Tony Nguyen and 'nailed' my book to the Facebook sign. Video available on Facebook and YouTube. The statement that I read is below. W ...Continue Reading

"Facebuddha is an exhortation to cultivate genuine love, kindness, and compassion.” Deann Borshay Liem, director and producer Facebuddha is now available in hardcover and ebook online and from your local indie bookstore!!! Hardcover: Amazon Barnes and Noble Indiebound (for your local bookstore) eBook: Kindle iBooks Nook Kobo Also, you can get a taste of the psychological research at two recent blogposts on Psychology Today: Don't Just Blame Facebook for Fake News: It's Us, Too "Me Too" and the Limits of I ...Continue Reading