Category: Mindfulness
Please Come Back
In a London chapel devoted to American war dead, Melody Ermachild Chavis realizes that maybe her father been there for her all along.
Here With You
Dr. Friederike Boissevain on how Zen practice has taught her that being present with a mind of not knowing is sometimes the best medicine.
Let’s Talk: It’s Time to Open Our Doors
Joshua Eaton asks: “Why is it that Buddhists are always talking about compassion but aren't providing shelter for those in need?”
Tibetan meditation helps cancer patients find calm
A student of Geshe Tenzin Wangyal is leading a unique meditation program for cancer patients at the M.D. Anderson Mays Clinic in Houston.
From The Under 35 Project: “Sweet Child”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Carol Lorton Shilor, about finding clarity in the darkest moments.
From The Under 35 Project: “How to save your life, over and over and over again”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Ishita Gupta, about living up to our own expectations.
From The Under 35 Project: “Cushion and Apron — On Meditation and Waitressing”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Sarah Fox, on the junction between meditation and waitressing.
From The Under 35 Project: “Captain Hook and Indian #2: A Love Story Ruined by Epically Unrealistic Expectations”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Susan Yao, about the pain of attachment to unrealistic expectations.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Dharma is in the Medicine”
The Under 35 Project Stacy Chivers writes about working with sick people and offering them "love, patience, and compassion."
Don’t Go There
As a Jew and a Briton, Henry Shukman had avoided all things German. But he said yes when asked him to teach at a zendo in the Black Forest.
Jolly Good
There is a natural healthiness and sense of goodness we can all experience personally, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche on the Shambhala teachings. "Then we will discover what kind of joy is needed to help the world. We find that the joy of warriorship is always needed."
From The Under 35 Project: “Into the Wild”
From The Under 35 Project: Jennifer Horton discovered Buddhism a little less than a year ago, and her world hasn’t been the same since.
From The Under 35 Project: “Out of Mind, Heart Grow Fonder”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project, by Angela Allan, on how Buddhist practice buoys a long-distance relationship.
From The Under 35 Project: “No Cheating”
From The Under 35 Project: Michael Felberbaum on the harsh and difficult realities of meditation that don't get advertised in pop culture.
Into Bright Relief
An inconceivable accident. For Marcelle Gilkerson and her community, compassionate togetherness would be the key to going forward.
From The Under 35 Project: “Peace, Redefined”
From The Under 35 Project, Kelley Clink explains how starting a meditation practice helped her to work with her grief after a family tragedy.
The Healing Moment
Susan Bauer-Wu helps us ease the physical, mental, and emotional stress of illness with a simple mindfulness practice.
The Traffic Light Method
Try this mindful communication technique, says Susan Gillis Chapman, when you’re experiencing stress in your relationships.
The Tweeting, Yelping, Flickring, Foursquaring, TripAdvising Mentality
Michael A. Stusser on the dangers of a wildly overstimulated brain in our modern culture of constant media consumption.
Perfectly Imperfect
In a world of Botox and little blue pills, we could all use more wabi sabi. Because imperfection, says Roger Housden, is what makes us human.