Beginner’s Mind: Self-Compassion: Learning to Hear Myself
A US college student confronts impermanence, and explores compassionate responses to attachment and aversion
A US college student confronts impermanence, and explores compassionate responses to attachment and aversion
Practicing patience and perseverance with the hills and valleys of daily life
Exploring the deep and true meaning of the 20th vow in Amitabha Buddha’s schema of liberation and rebirth, according to Master Shandao
A meditation on the freedom possible in prison and the way our minds can imprison us even when we believe that we are free
Satya Robyn explores those moments of compassion and wisdom that can arise spontaneously in our relationships with others
Right View and Right Intention on the Buddhist path
Our Living Metta columnist offers insights into her path to meditation as she concludes another period of practicing loving-kindness in daily life
A Buddhist approach to finding new meaning in the lives of our loved ones
Sensei Alex Kakuyo brings Buddhist practice and ethics down to earth
Exploring Master Shandao’s explanation of why the 18th Vow in Pure Land Buddhism is much more powerful than the 19th Vow
How slowing down changes our relationship with the world, inviting in deeper connection to its beauty
BDG columnist Satya Robyn guides us through the impermanence of all things, large and small, on a path to gratitude