Letting Go of What It All Means
Josh Korda
Searching for hidden messages and significance in life’s encounters provides us with an illusion of control that Josh Korda says we need to release.
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How to Sit
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh shares gentle guidance for beginning your meditation practice.
How to Do Metta
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield on beginning this time-honored, heart-opening practice.
How to Practice Walking Meditation
Leslie Booker
5 Meditations You Can Do Right Now
Ross Nervig
How to Look at a Wall
Karen Maezen Miller
How to Free Yourself from the 7 Obsessions
Valerie Mason-John
How to Practice Bowing
Brother Phap Hai
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ARTICLES
How to Do Metta
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield on beginning this time-honored, heart-opening practice.
How Meditation Saved My Mind
Matthew Kohut
Sometimes we’re committed to our meditation practice and sometimes we drift away. No matter what, Matthew Kohut believes we can always find our way home to the cushion.
5 Meditations You Can Do Right Now
Ross Nervig
You have everything you need to start a meditation practice: a mind, a body, and curiosity. Begin today with this collection of starter meditations.
Toward a Worldwide Culture of Love
bell hooks
The practice of love, says bell hooks, is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.
How to Look at a Wall
Karen Maezen Miller
Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller explains Bodhidharma’s famous practice of wall-gazing.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Four Noble Tasks of Recovery with Dave Smith
Sandra Hannebohm
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features Dave Smith, meditation teacher, addiction treatment specialist, and founder of the Secular Dharma Foundation.
Lessons of Covid-19
Kristina Pearson
Kristina Pearson shares the lessons of impermenance, acceptance, and wise hope she’s learned while recoving from Covid-19.
Letting Go of What It All Means
Josh Korda
Searching for hidden messages and significance in life’s encounters provides us with an illusion of control that Josh Korda says we need to release.
How to Sit
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh shares gentle guidance for beginning your meditation practice.
Sweeping My Heart
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
When Zenju Earthlyn Manuel was assigned to clean the Zen temple, she felt generations of oppression rise in her. Conversing with her ancestors about what this work really meant helped her see how it could be healing.
Impermanence is Buddha Nature
Norman Fischer
Change isn’t just a fact of life we have to accept and work with, says Norman Fischer.