The road to happiness, says Sharon Salzberg, is paved with kindness.
Everyday Life Is the Practice
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal tells us how to turn our daily challenges into meditation practice. Illustrations of the six Tibetan Realms of Rebirth by Steve Heynen.
Two Words from the Master
During a yearlong trip to Japan, Karin Muller encounters an elderly judo master who gives her a blunt lesson on the correct orientation of heart and mind.
The Karma of Happiness
In measuring and prescribing human skills for a good life, lasting happiness requires that we carefully weigh the consequences of our actions.
Our Imperfect Paradise
Gretel Ehlich describes how life in the high mountains of Wyoming followed its necessary course on the day the London transit system was bombed.
The Walls Come Tumbling Down
When a debilitating illness forces him to give up the home he built, Lin Jensen realizes he must let go of his ideas about who he is and what he can do.
Writing Undoes Me
“To give oneself over to the objective business of writing,” says Pico Iyer, “is to see how subjective the whole business of the self and writing is.”
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo talks meditation
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo speaks to Jeff Pardy about his introduction to meditative practice, and it’s impact on both his music and the band.
Where Outer and Inner Meet
Eva Wong explains kanyu, the Taoist philosophy of external and internal harmony that is the basis of feng shui, energetic principles that govern nature.
Propelled by Desire
Photo by Reji.Desire is the creative force that propels our existence, says Anne Waldman, and the dance of opposites is transcendent play.