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Video: The Dalai Lama addresses Tibet’s self-immolation phenomenon on “Today”
What does the Dalai Lama thinks about the immolation phenomenon? In a recent Today appearance, Ann Curry asks this question and more.
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.
Every Crime and Every Act of Kindness: Cloud Atlas, reviewed
Cloud Atlas presents a surprisingly traditional view of karma and rebirth— “and so any attempt to figure out its logic is probably doomed."
From The Under 35 Project: “Something to Sit On”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Joshua Shin, about overcoming our initial attachment to the practice itself.
Trailer: “Cloud Atlas,” karma, and rebirth
A look into the new Wachowski sibling's film that explores Buddhist concepts of karma and rebirth.
Music and meditation go hand in hand at San Francisco Zen Center
In the public’s minds, Zen temples are probably most often envisioned as bastions of quietude and order. But the pioneers at San Francisco Zen Center—which just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary—see something more. They see a realm where statues of bodhisattvas can collude with sculptures made of sound.
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.
See “Floating Echo,” the inflatable Buddha in New York’s East River
At Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, New York, a 10-foot inflatable Buddha statue sits in the East River while pedestrians pass by.
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.
What a Wall Teaches – Lin Jensen on Zen meditation’s enduring lesson
Author and Zen teacher Lin Jensen tells how meditation's surprising first lesson still resonates with him.
Buddhist and Muslim leaders jointly condemn violence in Burma
American Buddhist and Muslim leaders have issued a joint statement condemning violence between the two religious communities in Myanmar.
From The Under 35 Project: Hope to Faith
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Chris W., about how a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh helped him confront his drug addiction.
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."
Something to Believe In
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyl on the power of belief to move us out of a small, self-focused world and into a bigger way of being.
An ICU for the Soul
When a friend is dealt a heavy emotional blow, Pico Iyer suggests to her that silence and stillness might be the best medicine.
Tara the Liberator
Lama Palden Drolma explains the significance of Tara,“she who ferries beings across the ocean of samsara.”
La Bienveillance
From the November 2012 issue of Lion's Roar, Trudy Goodman gives a short teaching on "la bienveillance", the French concept of metta.
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.