Facebuddha

Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is a rich modern Asian American cross-cultural memoir of relationship online and off, an exploration of psychological research about social media, and an engaging introduction to Buddhism. We are who happens to us, and what we make of that happening. Who do we become when we try to relate online? What happens to our mind and heart? Ravi Chandra is a psychiatrist and Buddhist who values conversation, relationship and their ultimate goals: love and the feeling of society.  In these politically charged and divided times, how can we connect?  Social media offers many inspiring possibilities.  Facebook has become popular because we need belonging, meaning and self-expression.  But our time on social media is a bardo, or dream-realm, that has traps for our habitually and unconsciously self-centered egos, which Chandra describes thoughtfully and with humor. 

Ravi Chandra is a psychiatrist and writer in San Francisco. He blogs regularly for Psychology Today and the Center for Asian American Media. A graduate of Brown, Stanford and UCSF, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.