Author name: D. B. Smith

D. B. Smith is a private school English tutor, social entrepreneur, and author of the Science Abbey website, promoting science, meditation and global community. Member of the IC Zen Center Board of Directors. Raised in the Midwest U.S.A., formerly a librarian and curator in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as a Freemason, today he resides on the tropical island of Java just south of Borneo.

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The Christian Journey Part I: The Body of Christ

D. B. Smith / April 14, 2018

O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our […]

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Community, Monastic Culture Series

The Solitaries (Inside Monastic Culture Part I.)

D. B. Smith / April 9, 2018

Inside Monastic Culture Part I. The Solitaries The Science Abbey website is so named as it is inspired by science,

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Community, History of Science, Science

The First Scientists: The Greek Philosophers of Ionia

D. B. Smith / February 8, 2018

History of Science Series Ionia, located in Anatolia, once a territory of Greece, now a part of Turkey, was the

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Health, Science

Science Meets Traditional Chinese Medicine

D. B. Smith / January 27, 2018

Traditional Chinese Medicine The medical traditions of the world all began relatively alike in conception, but those of the East

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The Science of Ayurveda: Ancient Indian Medicine

D. B. Smith / December 10, 2017

Ancient Roots Ayurveda is the world’s oldest continuing system of medicine. It is the ancient form of Indian

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Community, Meditation, Science

My Zen: A Personal Journey

D. B. Smith / October 30, 2017

My Zen: A Personal Journey Face-to-face I see the top of Mount Tiantai; Solitary in its height it stands above

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The First Meditators: Indian Yoga

D. B. Smith / June 14, 2017

IN THE BEGINNING… It is interesting to me that at some point when the world was young, before industry, before