Category: Practice
Khanti, or Patience, as Relational Practice
Khanti is one of the parami, and an antidote to anger. How can we bring it to bear in our relationships — meeting conflict, hurt, and intensity directly — without flinching, shutting down, or acting out?
Great Compassion Takes Form
Karen Greenspan takes us to Kathmandu to witness the immersive, nine-day Avalokiteshvara Drupchen ceremony. Featuring photos courtesy of the Drukpa Nuns and photos and video by the author.
A Bigger Umbrella
Rev. José M. Tirado on working with the spiritual longing “for the complete thing, the practice that would hold all of me, the teacher who would see everything I was bringing and say: yes, this too belongs.”
How to Train Change Agents
Darcie Price-Wallace on Ven. Dhammananda’s care, collaborative efforts, and inclusive practices for fully ordained Buddhist nuns, novice nuns, and laity.
Satipatthana and the Field of Relationship
Most practitioners, says nico hase, understand the Buddha's Satipatthana Sutta as a framework for individual practice. But the instructions are more layered than that. The Buddha directs attention internally, externally, and both internally and externally. That third mode is almost never emphasized in contemporary teaching — and it maps uncannily onto the actual work of relationship.
Death and the Practice of Love
Dharma teacher and author nico hase on how death contemplation can transform the everyday frictions of partnership into a field for practicing impermanence.
Making Sense of Buddhism’s “Six Realms”
“Here,” writes Timothy Addison in this piece adapted from Turning the Mind, the second book in his new series, Like Honey Amidst Bees, “is what helped me understand the six realms in a way that felt both intellectually honest and transformative.”
Bringing Yidam Practice to Human/AI Encounters
Deborah McGlauflin wades into the “virtual buddhafield” — and asks us to consider joining her there.
What “Integrated Meditation” Is, and Why It Matters
Amma Thanasanti explains how her program functions to "restore the relational ground required for deeper healing — and for meditation itself — to function."
How YouTube Is Changing Buddhist Pilgrimage and Re-Historicizing Buddhism’s Past
Nikhil Stewart shares what he's learned by interviewing 30 monks about how vlogging (video-blogging) has impacted Buddhist pilgrimage — online, and "IRL."
Three Ways of Working with Emotions
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares a new article and video on the five kleshas — ignorance, aversion, craving, pride, jealousy — how they lead to suffering, and how not to let them.
How to Feed Your Demons
Lama Tsultrim Allione teaches you an innovative technique, based on the Tibetan Buddhist principles of "Chöd," to turn your inner demons into friends.
Not a Compromise —Bridging Latinx Culture and Dharma
Sanathavihari Bhikkhu and Carlo Carranza speak with Buddhadharma’s Mariana Restrepo about the evolving presence of Buddhism in Latinx communities, exploring the unique intersections of culture, language, and lineage in sharing the dharma.
What should you do when a dharma book is no longer needed?
Theravada monk Bhante Sanathavihari, Siddhartha’s Intent instructor Arne Schelling, and Briana Quick, editor at Wisdom Publications, explain how you might best care for, and dispose of, your Buddhist texts and other materials.
Buddhism’s “Five Remembrances” Are Wake-Up Calls for Us All
Perfectly clear, compassionate, and concise, the "Five Remembrances" are Buddhism at its very best. Koun Franz explains.
Scott Tusa on Pilgrimage, Parenting, and Practice in Nepal
Mariana Restrepo, deputy editor of Buddhadharma, speaks with dharma teacher Scott Tusa while on pilgrimage in Nepal, reflecting on the intersections of practice, pilgrimage, and parenting—from shared monastic roots to the realities of everyday life.
How the Tibetan Tulku System of Reincarnation Works
Carlo Carranza on how this method for recognizing reincarnated lamas ensures the continuity of wisdom and leadership in Tibetan Buddhism.
Exploring the Four Elements in the Body
In this video — part of an ongoing teaching series on Mingyur Rinpoche’s text Stainless Prajña: Stages of Meditation on the Treasury of Abhidharma — Rinpoche guides us to reflect on The Four Elements in the Body, exploring how these elements manifest within ourselves. This is followed by a short reflection by Tsunma Kunsang Palmo.
Where Concentration and Insight Meet
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche guides us on a short meditation on the nature of breath. Also included is a helpful reflection on how we can use the breath to understand the nature of impermanence by Edwin Kelley.
Exploring AI and Buddhism: A Conversation with Khyentse Vision Project
Buddhadharma's Mariana Restrepo interviewed KVP's Dolma Gunther, Casey Forgues, and Zack Beer about AI's impact on Buddhism and its significance for translators and practitioners.