Hip hop, like Buddhism, is about liberation. Johnny Edward Dean Jr. on the dharma of Big Sean.
Phoebe Bridgers: Her Music as Meditation
Ray Buckner on how Grammy nominee Phoebe Bridgers’ music is a spiritual friend, a path forward into the unknown.
The Music in My Heart
For Michael Imperioli, ANOHNI’s voice is a reminder that he’s part of a vast interconnected network of minds and beings. Her voice makes him feel emotions he never knew he had.
Hip-Hop Wisdom
Run the Jewels demands its listeners look outward as much as inward. Annaka Gale on this legendary hip-hop duo.
Jarboe on Flying Lotus’s Album “Your Dead!”
The best music opens our hearts and minds. Jarboe on how Flying Lotus lyrically and sonically explores liberation.
Barbie, a Mindfulness Vlogger?
The iconic doll, once notorious for her unattainable body proportions and unabashed materialism, is changing her ways one Buddhist practice at a time.
Leonard Cohen Died Four Years Ago
It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away.
Magic & Loss: Celebrating Lou Reed
Reed’s death being a hoax was a hoax itself; Reed, who had had an emergency liver transplant in May, had indeed passed. He was 71.
The Healing Power of Pop Star Goddesses
Behind the glitz and fame, says Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, are inspiring stories of real women facing real challenges.
If You Could See the Heart Sutra
Paula Arai introduces us to the world of Tsuneo Iwasaki, who discovered a world of practice in giving (actual) shape to the “Heart Sutra.”