There are plenty of Buddhist books with helpful advice about how to help dying people—and how to die yourself.
A Practice for Developing Kindness Toward Yourself
Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.
Swimming Upstream
Chinese legend has it that if a carp swims up a waterfall, it transforms into a dragon. Be like that carp, says Koshin Paley Ellison. Throw your whole self into waking up.
5 Ways to Make the World Better Through Facebook
Karen Maezen Miller gives us tools to engage with our fellow Facebookers in ways that benefit us all.
Finding Peace after a Lifetime of War
Claude Anshin Thomas writes of his experiences as a Vietnam War veteran, and his discovery of Buddhism through the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Don’t Let Hatred Destroy Your Practice
His Holiness the Dalai Lama takes an in-depth look at how we can work with anger and hatred in our practice.
Authentic Love
Sumi Loundon Kim weighs in on seeing and communicating clearly in love and marriage.
Alone Together
How do we take the sting out of loneliness? Toni Bernhard suggests friendliness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity.
Do you have buddhanature?
In our Weekend Reader newsletter, Buddhadharma’s deputy editor Koun Franz helps us to understand buddhanature.
Hello, It’s Halloween
What do you want to be for Halloween? Who do you want to be in life? Ira Sukrungruang on the costumes we wear.