Category: Mindfulness
Offer Your Depression
Once I was in a meeting with a publisher to discuss a book I was writing (for which he had paid a tidy sum). He hated it. He hated me.
Xmas Spirit
Sad, angry, lonely—Daniel Asa Rose and his sons are reeling from the recent family breakup. In a closed bowling alley on Christmas Eve, they open their hearts.
Bouncing Forward from Cancer
When the doctor said "You have cancer," Phyllis Coletta's defenses of anger, fear, and self-reliance fell apart. All she had left was gratitude.
Home Cooking
At New York’s Reciprocity Foundation, homeless youth receive nourishment for body and mind alike. Founder Taz Tagore explains the program’s recipe for success.
The Mindful Judge
Intentional awareness has served Gretchen Rohr well in her challenging work as a magistrate judge in Washington, D.C.
Don’t Think of the Elephant!
The yoga teacher’s instruction was not to think of anything, but what do you do when pushing thoughts away just makes them get bigger?
Put Your Compassion into Action
Philosopher Peter Singer and philanthropist Julia Wise talk with Buddhist monk and author Matthieu Ricard about why altruism leads to innumerable benefits.
Zen priest, Harvard researcher explains the secret to a “good life”
What makes a good life? In this moving TED Talk, Zen priest and Harvard researcher Robert Waldinger answers that question based on 75 years of data.
17 Resources to Develop Self-Compassion
Essential books, audio, websites, and videos to help develop self-compassion.
In NYC, talking about young people and the future of Buddhism
Young people are hungry for spirituality, yet shun religion; how can Buddhists serve these seekers without compromising their sacred traditions?
Why We Meditate
We don’t meditate to become better people or have special experiences, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Meditation is simply the way we relate to our already existing enlightened state.
At Ease in Body and Mind
Zen teacher Edward Espe Brown with yoga teacher Patricia Sullivan on combining Buddhist practice and yoga.
Dad’s Happiness
In her widowed father’s pale, hopeful face, Ann Nichols saw that everything her mother had fallen for. Why should he be limited to a life without romance?
How Sharon Salzberg Found Real Happiness
Lindsay Kyte talks to Sharon Salzberg about how she became one of today’s most relatable Buddhist teachers.
How can we continue Buddhist practice when dealing with dementia?
The teachers are asked "What happens to our right effort if we lose the ability to practice or to work with our mind?"
Dharma teachers Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield tie the knot
Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield were married by Ram Dass in Maui, Hawaii this past weekend. They share how they came to be a couple.
The Daughter I Love
With the help of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings on emptiness, Stephen Holoviak realizes that to fully know and accept his autistic daughter he must let go of his hopes and dreams for her.
Where Buddhism & Yoga Meet
We asked four teachers — all of whom practice both yoga and Buddhism — how the two can work together.
Waking Up to Happiness
Natalie Goldberg was awfully sick yet she was happy. Happiness is available to everyone, she realized, but we can find it only when we’re still.
Buddhist Meditation is Relaxing with the Truth
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves as we are that meditation becomes a transformative process.