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How USAID Cuts Will Impact Buddhist Countries and Communities
Cuts to USAID will have far-reaching consequences worldwide. Here's how Buddhist nations, communities, and refugees might be affected.
Gyalo Thondup, brother of Dalai Lama and major voice for Tibetan freedom, dies at 97
His Holiness the Dalai Lama remembered his influential brother and advisor as "a good man who did his best for the Tibetan cause."
How to Transform Negativity into Kindness
Humans are gifted at finding fault. Buddhist teacher Tara Brach teaches us how we can connect to compassion instead.
Rest In the River
A teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh on allowing ourselves to rest like a stone thrown into a river. On the bottom of the river, it allows the water to pass by.
Hope Grows
Every single one of us is capable of doing something to help limit climate change. Sister Tue Nghiem on the power of small actions.
Mindfulness Activities, Exercises & Techniques
Discover a variety of mindfulness activities, exercises, and techniques to improve your physical and mental well-being, enhance relationships, and cultivate greater presence in everyday life.
How to Avoid Burnout with the Middle Way
Valerie Brown on the importance of taking care of ourselves, while taking care of others.
How to Practice Dream Yoga
When you develop lucidity in your dreams, you develop lucidity in your life. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on the practice of dream yoga.
How to Heal from Racial Harm
Rev. Liên Shutt offers two methods for reconnecting with our innate wholeness.
To Practice Mindfulness Is to Return to Life
Thich Nhat Hanh says that mindfulness shows us the suffering of life and connects us with compassion.
La práctica del Zen
De acuerdo con el sacerdote Zen Sanriki, la verdadera práctica de zazen es la que se realiza sin propósito alguno, sin la intención de lograr algo especial.
Nothing Is Wasted
If you use your difficulties to create art, says Ruth Ozeki, it will give them meaning.
We Remember: Six Remarkable Black Buddhists
In celebration of Black History Month, we find inspiration in the lives and practice of six remarkable Black Buddhists.
What to Do When Someone You Love Is Hurting
Psychiatrist Ravi Chandra on how you can support a loved one suffering from mental illness without minimizing or ignoring your own pain.
Compassionate Exchange: A Path of Mutual Recovery to Unconditional Health
Learn how Karuna Training’s compassionate exchange practice can open our hearts to others and cultivate connection.
En el espectro, en el camino
La meditación puede ayudar a superar desafíos, a cultivar la calma y a conectar con los demás. Cuatro personas budistas con autismo nos hablan sobre cómo la práctica le ha cambiado la vida.
The Power of Awareness: Jon Kabat-Zinn in Conversation
The founder of mindfulness-based stress reduction, Jon Kabat-Zinn is considered the father of the American mindfulness movement. Here, he talks to editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod about the essence of mindfulness and how it offers liberation from limiting, self-imposed narratives. This is the first installment of a three-part series.
I Won’t Fight Death to the Death
Most of us spend our lives doing everything we can to deny death, to turn a blind eye to it. Cindy Littlefair on acceptance.
Our Precious Human Life & Death
Trudy Goodman discovers that time is never wasted if we’re conscious and alive, aware and present.
How to Break Free From Comparison and Judgment
The superiority complex, the inferiority complex, and the equality complex are painful traps we fall into if we believe we have a separate self. Sister Boi Nghiem on transforming complexes into confidence and compassion.