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A forum on psychology and Buddhism. What they share, how they differ, and do we need both?
Who Was Yeshe Tsogyal?
Holly Gayley discusses the power of Padmasambhava’s foremost disciple and consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, and the life of one of her modern emanations.
To Women of the Way
In these seventeenth-century poems, women Chan teachers and senior students pay homage to the women who taught and inspired them.
Who Was Miaozong?
Miriam Levering on the life of Miaozong, a laywoman turned abbess who stood her ground in dharma battles with some of the great Chan masters of her day.
Zenshin’s Example
Jan Chozen Bays asks us to consider the example of the first person to be ordained as a Buddhist in Japan — also the first Buddhist in Japan to be persecuted for her faith.
What is Samvrti Satya?
Samvrti Satya as defined by Andy Karr, a Buddhist teacher in the Vajrayana tradition.
Being in Real Time
The late Dainin Katagiri Roshi explores Dogen’s concept of Being-Time and how to work with it our daily lives.
Thus Have I Not Heard
Dharma archivists are running out of time to save precious recordings of the pioneering teachers who brought Buddhism to the West.
A Challenge to Buddhists
Bhikkhu Bodhi looks at how Buddhist practice can be applied to the modern world in a way that provides aid to various problems of the age.
My teacher wants to certify me as a dharma teacher, but I feel like a fraud.
The teachers are asked about how to balance anxiety in ones personal life with the potential of becoming a dharma teacher.
What is an Enso?
"Enso" as defined by John Stevens, author of "Sacred Calligraphy of the East."
This Fantastic, Unfolding Experiment
Reflecting on the history of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Jack Kornfield describes the challenges and tensions that have accompanied the movement to bring Buddhism to the West and the creative solutions that have emerged to meet them.
Outsiders or Infiltrators?
To be a societal force for change, you either have to work from an outsider stance or infiltrate and work from within.
Profile: Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
Andrea Miller profiles Karma Triyana Dharmachakra near Woodstock, New York.
Pain Not Suffering
Two Buddhist teachers offer techniques to lessen pain’s mental suffering, look at its true nature, and learn its valuable lessons
No Choice But Radical Acceptance
When you understand that this present moment is all there is, you have no choice but radical acceptance. Two teishos by Eido Shimano Roshi
The Path of Foolish Beings
Who are the foolish beings? According to the Shin tradition of Pure Land Buddhism, we all are. Mark Unno explains that only by becoming aware of our limited self and acknowledging our fundamental foolishness can we realize the oneness of all beings and the limitless flow of compassion.
The Right View of Rebirth
Ajahn Punnadhammo discusses the necessity of holding the right view of rebirth for Buddhist practice.