Pot use is finding new acceptance across America. So why, after a long love affair with weed, has this [...]
Inner Cities
With noisy neighbors and the homeless camped on street corners, city life offers many opportunities to [...]
5 Reasons to Meditate
Yes, it's a strange thing to do — just sit there and do basically nothing. Yet the simple act of stopping, [...]
Love & Relationships
How the Three Jewels Healed My Heart After Abuse
In the midst of an abusive relationship, Buddhist practitioner Ray Buckner says Buddhism's three jewels were [...]
How Sad Is Your Love?
The conventional definitions of “love” and “compassion” are quite limited, says Buddhist scholar Mu Soeng. He [...]
Practice in Everyday Life
My Child Fears the Future
Sylvia Boorstein on how to give our children — and ourselves — hope in a worrying time. Question: I grew up [...]
The Suffering of Busyness
When life starts moving fast, Charlotte Rotterdam asks herself, “Can I just stop?” I grew up with the [...]
Wellness & Psychology
How to Eat an Apple
Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung show you that the simple act of eating an apple mindfully can bring you [...]
Going Outside
When life gets too busy, Kathleen Dean Moore remembers the childhood joy of nature. For many years, my [...]
Wisdom for Difficult Times
Finding Peace after a Lifetime of War
Vietnam Veteran Claude Anshin Thomas shares how he learned to live with the past by living intensely in the [...]
Koans for Troubled Times
How do we as Buddhists meet the challenges of our time? Joan Sutherland shares the history of koans, which [...]
