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What’s Love Got to Do With It? An interview with Tina Turner
She's the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. An unwanted child. A believer in the power of love. A longtime Buddhist. Andrea Miller talks to Tina Turner.
Protecting Others by Protecting Goodwill
Thanissaro Bhikkhu explains what the Buddha actually said about metta, the phrase often translated as “lovingkindness."
Elizabeth Hamilton reflects on Joko Beck’s life at memorial service
On July 2, a memorial for Charlotte Joko Beck was held at the Zen Center of San Diego (ZCSD). Fifty people (including several roshis) were in attendance.
When Goodwill is Better than Love: The Meaning of “Metta.”
Loving-kindness is a common translation of the Pali word "metta." But what if metta and lovingkindness are not quite the same?
Earth Dharma: “Awake in the Anthropocene”
Jill S. Schneiderman encourages Buddhist practitioners to wake up and see the violence that humans are slowly perpetuating on the environment.
Zen as nothing special: Charlotte Joko Beck and the Ordinary Mind School of Zen
In this adaptation from his book, James Ishmael Ford concisely places the life and work of the late Charlotte Joko Beck into context.
Author Gabriel Cohen on taking a “Buddhist path through divorce”
The author of <i>Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: a Buddhist Path Through Divorce</i> Gabriel Cohen shares how Buddhism can be help.
This is Your Brain on Mindfulness
Meditators say their practice fundamentally changes the way they experience life. Michael Baime reports on the neuroscience behind this.
Creature Comfort
Dogs comfort their human companions and parrots care for their injured mates. When we increase our understanding of animal compassion, says behavioral ecologist Joanna Burger, we understand more about ourselves.
A Bell With a Crack in It
It may not ring as clearly, but it can ring as sweetly. Diane Ackerman on her husband's stroke and the language of healing.
The Best-Laid Plans
A vomiting child in an airport hotel—it wasn’t the vacation she had in mind. Anne Cushman on the teachings of a trip gone awry.
The Mindful Way to Self-Compassion
A review of The Mindful Way Through Anxiety and True Belonging: Mindful Practices to Help You Overcome Loneliness
Earth Dharma: “Oxygen in My Bones”
Jill S. Schneiderman's Earth Dharma column explores the linking between breathing meditation and human physiology.
Review: US premiere of “My Reincarnation”
The US debut of My Reincarnation previewed to a full house at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City on May 18.
Beyond All Attachment
It’s not enough to renounce attachment to this life, says the Sakya Trizin. To be liberated we must transcend the idea of reality altogether.
Whose Book of the Dead?
A review of "The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Biography" by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Thoughts from the Newark Peace Education Summit
Alicia Fordham shares moments and reflections from her visit to the landmark three-day event, the Newark Peace Education Summit.
Do science and Buddhism agree on the idea of character?
Alan Brush finds a scientific discussion of "character" that closely parallels the Buddhist conception of aggregates.
One mom’s key to meditating with baby? Lowering the bar
New mom Diana Winston "desperately wanted" her ideas about meditation with her baby to work. Here she shares her most successful experiments.