Category: Mindfulness in Your Life
Training to Sit and Run
On the zafu and on the trail, Ed Brickell vows to honor his teachers past and present.
The Mindful Society: Practicing with Cancer
Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column about Elana Rosenbaum, who used mindfulness practice to help herself through cancer treatment.
So Sad, No Problem
Roaming India after a painful breakup, Jaimal Yogis befriends a monk who teaches him an unexpected lesson about happiness.
Start With Your Body
A panel discussion with Phillip Moffitt, Cyndi Lee, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Reggie Ray. Introduction by Anne Carolyn Klein.
Google Searches
Hot-shot geeks at the world’s leading information company are taking a ground-breaking course called Search Inside Yourself.
Love’s Legacy Lost
A child of one economic crisis, he died on the eve of another. His son James Kullander reflects on the sadness of a legacy lost.
The Mindful Society: Teach Our Children Well
Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column from the September 2009 issue of Lion's Roar magazine about educational mindfulness initiatives.
Sylvia Boorstein on the meaning of “Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There”
"Don't Just Do Something, Sit There." Rod Meade Sperry looks at the popular phrase that Sylvia Boorstein gave to us.
Shozan Jack Haubner: “The Pregnancy Test Koan”
Shozan Jack Haubner is funny, willing to be outrageous, but also tender and meaningful. See for yourself as Shozan takes on abortion.
Google’s Chade-Meng Tan on Aligning Meditation with Real Life
"For the benefits of meditation to become widely accessible, it needs to become 'real.' It needs to align with the lives of real people."
Love and togetherness
From monk and nun to man and wife, Michael Ciborski on the spiritual journey he has taken with his wife, and their small but growing sangha.
Barry Boyce’s The Mindful Society: The Contemplative Curriculum
We’re at the beginning of the development of a major new academic field, says Professor Harold Roth about Contemplative Studies.
Should Buddhists play the lottery?
Daniel Chan, of the Australian Chinese Buddhist Society, thinks so, and he's planning to for this week's record $90 million Oz Lotto draw.
My Father’s Wisdom: A Father’s Day Reflection
Peter Bregman reflects on the great advice his father has passed on to him over the years.
In conversation: Lama Tsultrim Allione, Sarah Powers, and Shiva Rea
Sarah Powers, Shiva Rea, and Tsultrim Allione in conversation about the interface between yoga and Buddhism in America.
My Average Life
John Tarrant looks at the websites, FMyLife, MyLifeIsG, and MyLifeIsAverage, as windows to everyday, mundane, suffering.
Admirable friend
Alexa Mergen learns that an admirable friend shines a light on the wonder of compassion and that compassion requires awareness to be received.
The Buddha and Suze Orman
There are surprising parallels between the noble truths of Buddhism and money guru Suze Orman’s advice on getting real financially.
The Mindful Society: Walking the Talk
Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column from the May 2009 issue of Lion's Roar Magazine.
The Wall Street Journal now espousing “The Dharma of Capitalism”?
Everyone's getting so spiritual now, with the economic downturn. Why? Rod Meade Sperry looks into the recent phenomenon.