From left: Konda Mason, photo by Scott R. Kline. Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, photo by Bronya Agasto. José Shinzan Palma, photo by Joan Halifax.Konda Mason, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, and José Shinzan Palma discuss the difficulty of aligning our work lives with our Buddhist values.
Composite of photos by Liza Matthews.Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel examines common misconceptions about Buddhist practice that can derail even the most seasoned practitioners.
"An Invitation" by Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.It doesn’t matter if you don’t know whom you’re praying to, says Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel. The very act of asking for help allows the heart to open and invite the world in.
Photo courtesy of Sravasti Abbey.
Renunciation is about more than just doing without things. It’s the beautiful realization that you already have everything you need.
Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel explains the truth of dependent arising, the middle way between existence and nonexistence.
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyl on the power of belief to move us out of a small, self-focused world and into a bigger way of being.
In this Buddhadharma Forum, Guy Armstrong, Elizabeth Mattish-Namgyel, and Geoffrey Shugen Arnold explain what to expect from going on a long-term Buddhist retreat. Introduction by Christine Skarda.
Elizabeth Namgyel reviews Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem: “The Art of Disappearing”
