Buddhists in the Boardroom

Do big business and Buddhism mix? Samuel Fromartz talks with three entrepeneurs who’ve tried to combine spiritual values and business success.

Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands

Fred Kofman, a leading organizational theorist, argues that the essential spirit of business is not greed and self-advancement but compassion, even love.

Warrior Poses

"Yoga practice is not necessarily relaxing; it trains us to be centered, awake, confident and flexible within effortful situations."

Landing at Tranquility Base

Moonlight shimmers on the surface of the steaming Japanese bath, while a gentle wind rustles. The very atmosphere seems to radiate relaxation and serenity.

Taking the Time

If we feel we're changing in ways we don't like then we need time to think-about where we are now and how we might start to change things.

The Miracle of Downward Dog

Buddhist practitioner Mark Epstein discovers the joys of hatha yoga.

Sisters

I can't know what it's like to be a woman, or even how exactly to be a dad to girls, but I know something of sisters, and even perhaps of sisterhood.

Changing How We Work Together

Peter Senge and Margaret Wheatley talk about how we can create meaning, joy, and even spiritual fulfillment in the way we work together.

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The Endless Migration

Psychologically, we are migrators. Going from one thing to another is what makes us happy. So do you think that all stops when you die?

Bonded by Gunk and Styrofoam

“I was a styrofoam tar baby. We laughed together about my appearance. My brother told me it was a thankless job and that I had done well. We made a link.”

Ordinary Initiations

"I've come to think that experiences of initiation are very common, very ordinary, very subtle. They happen to us all as a natural part of living."

Time for Boomers to Ponder Old Age

So perhaps this is an apt time to discover dignity in old age, lest my generation become for a puling exit from the stage of life.

Open to Understanding

The longing to be understood is very strong but it is in direct conflict with ego’s desire to be seen as independent and admirable. Karen Kissel Wegela on giving the ego a break and opening up instead.

Why We Travel: A Love Affair with the World

Like falling in love, travel throws us into a state of delight, uncertainty and self-discovery. Like lovers, travelers both give and receive.

The Llama and the Shmuck

I confide my feelings to Bubo as if he were a therapist; he doesn't comment because he's a Freudian llama.

Inheritance

"When my father said, ‘You descend from kings,’ he was reminding us that though we did not have the money of the powerful, we were powerful nonetheless."

According to Buddhist Tradition

Steve Peskind discusses the Dalai Lama's various statements on the topic of homosexuality in relation to Buddhist tradition.

Dharma Brats

Emily King was walking down the slate-grey sidewalks of downtown Boston, on her way to the Trident Cafe on Newbury Street.

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Looking for a lost dog

Gretel Ehrlich remembers searching for a small dog in a huge landscape.