Tôi theo Phật giáo và tôi Pháp danh là Phổ Minh. Nam Mô Đại Bi Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát.

My Dharma name, Phổ Minh, means "spectrum of intelligence." It was given to me by the one-time personal assistant to and Dharma daughter of Sư Trưởng Thích Nữ Như Thanh to which I was her one-time personal assistant. Sư cô Như Thanh is widely regarded as the "Mother Teresa of Việt Nam" having founded ten nunneries in the 20th Century which in some ways radically changed the face Buddhism in Việt Nam. Her father's Confucian name was also Phổ Minh.

I am currently working on a chronicle of that time tentatively entitled: "Tôi Phổ Minh: My Year Inside a Vietnamese Buddhist Nunnery" which will be greatly aided with the copious photos taken with Google Glass which I was wearing the entire time.

MBSR has had a profound impact on my daily life to which I will always be in debt to those that have helped me find peace with most every breath. It is a wonderful way to be.

My profile picture background is of a sunset directly behind the CFM and is "straight from the camera" meaning not retouched.

Thank you.