Category: Mindfulness in Your Life
What’s Your Retreat Password?
Disentangling from the modern world to go on a meditation retreat, says author Anne Cushman, can be a little complicated.
Let’s Be Honest
Pema Chödrön and Dzigar Kongtrül—a student and her teacher—talk straight about honesty, self-deception, and why the difference is the key to the dharma.
We Naturally Know What to Give — Jan Chozen Bays on Joyful Giving
Jan Chozen Bays's contribution to the “Joyful Giving” feature, looking at why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.
Father of Sandy Hook shooting victim asks Thich Nhat Hanh how to prevent such tragedies in the future
Father of Sandy Hook shooting victim asks Thich Nhat Hanh how to prevent such tragedies in the future.
Breaking Good: Ricky Gervais’ warm-hearted new show “Derek” declares “kindness is magic”
Amid the current onslaught of antiheroes, vulgarity, ultraviolence, and exploitation on TV emerges a comedy based on an unlikely theme: kindness.
Through the Gateway of the Senses
Francesca Fremantle on sight, sound, touch, and other sensory miracles that occur when we cleanse our perceptions of grasping and attachment.
New from The Under 35 Project: “Throw Out Your Empties”
Kieran Cunningham issues a call to identify and eliminate "empties" – those loose, unmindful expressions we use on a daily basis.
Confession of a Lapsed Non-meat-eater
Rod Meade Sperry reflects on the compassion and difficulty of changing your diet to vegan.
My Father’s Gift — A story of loss and renewal
A guest post by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald, author of Pictures of the Mind: What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are.
From The Under 35 Project: “A Lesson in Mindfulness on a Lazy Summer’s Day”
Christopher Willard's father’s magic trick taught him his first lesson on mindful awareness and the power of concentration at the age of seven
How does loneliness happen if indeed we are all one being? — New from The Under 35 Project
Samuel Gentoku McCree on the contrast between the experience of loneliness and the felt reality of interdependence.
What’s Your Verdict?
Recognizing the judgments we all pass on ourselves, says Bonnie Friedman, is the first step to freedom.
This Whole World is a Poem
This oriole, this friend, this daughter, this fox—Michael Sowder on all the poems that are just waiting for us to write them down.
Why you should take Andrew Sullivan’s Buddhism-and-sex “Dish” with a grain of salt
Are Buddhists hornier, or at least more promiscuous, than other religious groups?
From The Under 35 Project: “How May I Help You?
Sophia Aguiñaga transforms the wear and tear of customer service into compassion and love for both the worker and the customers being served.
The Gas Station: Dilemmas of a Buddhist in Recovery
Musician, writer and special education teacher Chuck Brown gets personal about recovery and caring for others.
Video: “Withdrawal in the Jungle”
A video about achieving sobriety thanks to the drug and alcohol-detoxification program taught at Tham Krabok Monastery in Thailand.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Working Man’s Meditation”
In this piece from The Under 35 Project, Dave Chang reflects on some of the spiritual challenges brought on by the rigors of a working life.
The Wild and Ancient Path: Coming to terms with a “legacy of shame”
Ellen Watters Sullivan explores how Buddhism and meditation have helped her deal with her difficult family history of slaveholding in Georgia.
Stress Is a Waste of Time
Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, knows what it’s like to be stressed out, and says nothing good comes of it.