Rainy Day Contemplations on Suffering
Summer Adams
9 September 2016
It’s pouring with rain outside and my youngest daughter is in bed with a fever. I thought that we had escaped southern Brazil’s winter flu
Are You Sure?
Sister Ocean
9 September 2016
Sacca, or truthfulness, is the seventh of the ten paramis, or perfections. We usually think of truthfulness in relation to speech, and this is the basis for
My Grandmother’s Greenhouse and Other Portals to Wonder
Sarah C. Beasley
2 September 2016
During a Hakomi* session some years ago, my lama Yeshe Wangmo asked me, “What would be a nourishing statement for you?” In this therapeutic context, dialogue
Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic—Ensuring the Welfare of the Sick and Needy
Shuyin
26 August 2016
For many Singaporeans aged 60 and above, 1969 is perhaps most memorable as a year of race riots and widespread floods.* Indeed, it was a
Liu Yingzhao and Buddhist Alchemy: A Silicon Valley Executive Talks Spirituality and Integration
Raymond Lam
29 July 2016
Like any executive, Liu Yingzhao, design director at LinkedIn, has rules for her team. But they are not your usual rules: “Practice with simplicity; test
Fine-tuning Your Practice – Wise Effort
Sister Ocean
15 July 2016
When it comes to developing the fifth parami of viriya—the perfection of effort or energy—the instructions seem simple: the Buddha said to “abandon the unwholesome” and to “develop
Questions about Death
Summer Adams
15 July 2016
When my mother’s gorgeous fawn pug, Bergamot, passed away, my daughter Amaya was not quite four years old. At the time, I could identify with
Buddhistdoor View—Why Buddhism is Not All About the Search for Happiness
Buddhistdoor Global
8 July 2016
In January this year, celebrity monk Venerable Matthieu Ricard was touted by many media outlets, including mainstream publications like The Independent, as being the “happiest person
Mindful Britain: Building a Happier Country
Raymond Lam
17 June 2016
In October 2015, Mindful Nation UK—a milestone policy document seeking to address mental health concerns at a national level through the application of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs)—was
Wonder: The Heart of Renunciation
Sister Ocean
20 May 2016
I recently had a chance to visit the Wonder* art exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, which comprises two floors filled with large-scale, site-specific
The Wheel of Mental Balance
Diego Hangartner
13 May 2016
For more than three decades, I have researched and explored the mind and consciousness. My investigations have included pharmaceutical lab work with mind-altering substances and
The Chief Happiness Officer and the Monk—Shveitta Sharma on Her Friendship with Matthieu Ricard
Raymond Lam
8 April 2016
One of my first interviews as a journalist was with Venerable Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk, founder of the Karuna-Shechen non-profit humanitarian organization, and a prominent