Paranormal States: Psychic Abilities in Buddhist Convert Communities

Read a brief of Paranormal States: Psychic Abilities in Buddhist Convert Communities by D.E. Osto, and an exclusive excerpt courtesy of its publisher, Columbia University Press.

To Rescue a World

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi on the shift that transformed his loving-kindness practice, allowing him to truly extend it toward all beings — even those he might have once considered neutral or even hostile.

How Shinran, Founder of Shin Buddhism, Went Beyond the Self

Rev. Jon Turner on how Shinran Shonin was able to gain insight into the true nature of reality, awakening.

“Real-life, positive effects” — What it’s like to join Namchak’s “Compassion In Action” Fellows program

Buddhadharma’s Rod Meade Sperry and Mariana Restrepo talk to Namchak Foundation “Compassion in Action” program Fellow Saulkdi Yangh about his experience with the program.

Rebecca Solnit: “Everything Is Connected, Everything Changes”

Leading writer and activist Rebecca Solnit on Buddhist wisdom and a better world.

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How Buddhist Abhidharma Practice Mitigates Aversion, Craving, and Suffering

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares Abhidharma practices that can guide you toward inner freedom, compassion, and wisdom in his new manual, Stainless Prajna: Stages of Meditation on the Treasury of Abhidharma. Also included is a short breathing/meditation practice.

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Must one be a monk to attain enlightenment?

The teachers are asked whether it is necessary to be a monk to attain enlightenment.

Awakening the Sacred Feminine

In Vajrayana Buddhism, dakinis are seen as unbridled and enlightened feminine energy. Lama Tsultrim Allione on how she discovered her own dakini power.

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Forum: The Myths, Challenges, and Rewards of Tantra

A forum on Tantra with Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Anne Carolyn Klein, and Larry Mermelstein, with an introduction by Reggie Ray.

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Impermanence is Buddha Nature

Change isn’t just a fact of life we have to accept and work with, says Norman Fischer.

How Equanimity Powers Love

True equanimity, says Kaira Jewel Lingo, is not in any way detached or uncaring—it's inclusive, and loving, and the foundation for spiritual courage.

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Moving Beyond Meditation

Grounded in our formal practice of meditation, we can relax into the vast, open awareness that is our ultimate nature. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche tells the story of his own introduction to the Great Perfection.

Lucidity Without Limit

Dream yoga, says Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, is a practice of changing our waking life. He shares the four foundational practices of this powerful mind training. 

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Four Reflections That Strengthen Your Intention to Practice

If you contemplate these traditional contemplations, the "four great reflections," you will strengthen your intention to practice.

Excerpt: Seeking the Ox

Read an excerpt of Welcoming Beginner’s Mind by Gaylon Ferguson, courtesy of its publisher, Shambhala Publications.

Moving Beyond Subjectivity to Awakening

According to Shin Buddhist priest Rev. José M. Tirado, we must transcend our regular subjective-objective perspective in order to awaken and see things as they truly are.

Review: Welcoming Beginner’s Mind: Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom on Experiencing Our True Nature

Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D. on Gaylon Ferguson’s new book and its fresh take on Zen’s famous “10 Oxherding Pictures.”

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Healing the Broken Body of Sangha

Ruth King presents five ways we can address racial ignorance and division to help ourselves and our sanghas become whole.

In the Moments of Non-Awakening

Larry Yang takes an honest look at what it means to be a dharma teacher who hasn’t been, and doesn’t imagine ever being, enlightened.

Hope for the Hopeless

Rev. Blayne Higa on the founder of Shin Buddhism’s “spiritual insight of imperfection and radical acceptance.” It can lead us to the ultimate realization of buddhanature.