According to Pema Chödrön, love and compassion are like the weak spots in the walls of ego.
How does a meditator deal with episodes of major depression?
The teachers are asked how a meditator deals with episodes of depression.
When Sadness Rages Like Fire
Pema Khandro Rinpoche shares the life of the Tibetan yogi Shabkar, whose practice and teachings were inseparable from loss and grief.
Finding a Better Balance
Equanimity protects us from emotional overreaction and allows us to rest in a bigger perspective. Christiane Wolf on how to cultivate it.
No One Like Me
Lama Rod Owens on taking care of your own needs when you don’t see yourself represented in those around you.
Six Kinds of Loneliness
To be without a reference point is the ultimate loneliness. It is also called enlightenment.
Lessons of Covid-19
Kristina Pearson shares the lessons of impermenance, acceptance, and wise hope she’s learned while recoving from Covid-19.
I Want to Tell You About Coming Apart and Struggling Through Depression
A moving account by Susan Moon of her journey back from depression, and how her Buddhist practice both helped and hindered her.
Lessons in Loneliness
We may feel like islands sometimes, but we are connected in our isolation. Haleigh Atwood explores the lessons found in times of loneliness.
5 Questions That Help Us Wake Up
Ezra Bayda shares five simple questions to help us cut though confusion of emotional distress turns our mind into a muddle.