Pilar Jennings on how to overcome two common roadblocks to compassion. The key is facing the truth of suffering—your own and others.
Working with difficult emotions is a lifelong practice. Three Buddhist teachers open up about their own struggles.
Like leaves in the autumn or wood in the fire, all things pass. But, there is a moment in which we can see things as they are.
Caring for people who are suffering is a loving, even heroic calling, but it takes a toll. Roshi Joan Halifax teaches this five-step program to care for yourself while caring for others.
When the suffering of the world knocks at our door, says Singhashri Gazmuri, we must be courageous enough to open it.
Susan Moon on the spiritual journey of Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist practitioner on death row in San Quentin prison.
Jenny Phillips reviews “That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row” by Jarvis Jay Masters, the powerful memoir first published in 2009 and now in the news in 2022 thanks to Oprah Winfrey’s picking of it for her famed book club.
Ezra Bayda shares five simple questions to help us cut though confusion of emotional distress turns our mind into a muddle.
Lama Rod Owens on taking care of your own needs when you don’t see yourself represented in those around you.
Buddhist teacher Judy Lief explains why our awareness of death is the secret of life.
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