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US military: Mindfulness helps soldiers cope in Iraq
The American Forces Press Service reports that US soldiers in Baghdad are being offered mindfulness as a tool for coping with stress.
The Great River of Blessings
The Sakyong Foundation is pleased to announce it is hosting The Great River of Blessings, a new downloadable book by Walker Blaine.
Mindfulness with Baby: Yes, it’s possible!
Diana Winston on maintaining meditation and mindfulness practice while being the mother of a young child.
The Healing Power of Mindfulness (Free digital booklet)
A free digital booklet featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Daniel Siegel, M.D., and Susan Bauer-Wu, Ph.D., in honor of the 2010 Lynn Lecture.
Are You Listening?
To really listen to others, we must first learn to listen to ourselves. Three techniques for tuning in to body, speech, and mind.
The Secret of Success for MBSR
Barry Boyce talks to the authors of the new, groundbreaking interactive book, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook.
Garth Stein on Billy Collins’s “I Chop Some Parsley….”
Garth Stein on Bill Collins poem, "I CHOP SOME PARSLEY WHILE LISTENING TO ART BLAKEY'S VERSION OF "THREE BLIND MICE".
Earth Dharma: “Blame Game in the Gulf”
After President Obama's address to the nation last night, Shambhala Sun "Earth Dharma" blogger Jill S. Schneiderman had mixed feelings.
Poems of a Renegade Monk
Review of "In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel, a Bilingual Edition" Edited and Translated by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Like Oil and Water
There is a quality of pure awareness that is not fazed by fleeting thoughts, emotions, or sense impressions, explain Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. Even when they are together, pure awareness and the conditioned realm are always separate.
Spin and the Gulf Oil Spill
It's time, says Zen teacher Ian Prattis, to examine our minds, consumption patterns, and personal culpability in the BP oil disaster.
Top chef Eric Ripert dishes up Buddhism
Eric Ripert is a Vajrayana Buddhist and an award-winning chef at the prestigious restaurant, Le Bernardin, in New York.
Radar of Compassion
Pico Iyer on the Dalai Lama’s unerring ability to home in on those who most need his love.
The Science Of Love
Barry Boyce reports on the growing number of scientists and researchers who are studying how to bring out the best in human nature.
Love Makes the Difference
The Dalai Lama draws lessons for all of us from his own experience dealing with difficult times. A conversation with Mary Robinson, Pico Iyer.
Fundamental Faith: Lessons from Guantanamo
A kind and caring prisoner at Guantánamo makes Hannah Tennant-Moore rethink her attitude toward fundamentalism.