The second part of Sally’s spiritual journey The summer of 1996 brought many life-altering changes. My co-parenting partner of over 20 years and the father
Next month, Paris will host the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with
Professor Pauline Yu is president of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), a federation of humanities-focused organizations which in 2013, collaborated with The Robert
Children should always have an opportunity to enjoy the diversity and profundity of religious experience. Yet the actual acceptance of the Buddha-Dharma and a life of practice
The scope of the environmental crisis may leave us feeling overwhelmed and helpless to do anything about it. According to Joanna Macy, it is necessary
The fickle mainstream press has long moved on from the refugee crisis. The famous photo of a dead Syrian boy, Aylan Kurdi, lying face down
As I arrive at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge for a weekend stay, it is immediately evident that while Wonderwell is a place of meditation, it is
The eastern Indian state of Odisha (until recently named Orissa) is home to a large number of temples and Buddhist heritage sites that draw scholars
Shamatha meditation is the practice of settling the mind into a stable and calm state of present-moment awareness. Once the mind is in such a state,
Spiritual materialism is perhaps one of the most powerful spiritual dangers. An easy trap to fall into, spiritual materialism operates at two basic levels: the
On 5 October 2012 we had a house fire. My husband, our then-7-year-old son, and I were out of town when we got the call.
Thagzo, or the Bhutanese textile-weaving tradition, enjoys a lofty place amongst the national “Thirteen Arts and Crafts,” or zorig chusum. Globalization and the gradual, tightly controlled
