Spring Grief: A Tribute to Gerry Loose
Ratnadevi
22 May 2024
Reflections on the fact and process of loss, and finding beauty in a world so torn by suffering
Desire Causes Suffering
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
21 June 2023
Understanding how desire makes us suffer and how acceptance helps us deal with this truth in life
Metta Stirs It Up
Mettamorphsis
7 June 2023
A loving-kindness practitioner brings her wisdom to a new farm, finding new stirrings of compassion and growth
Keep Planting Seeds
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
23 May 2023
In Buddhist practice we learn that slow and steady work is key to cultivating a good life
Starting the Lawn Mower
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
20 April 2023
BDG North American Correspondent Sensei Alex Kakuyo brings his Buddhist practice into daily life, where things don’t always go as planned
Creating Flat Land
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
22 February 2023
Practicing patience and perseverance with the hills and valleys of daily life
Metta Clears a Path
Mettamorphsis
5 July 2022
Continuing to learn on a new farm, our loving-kindness practitioner helps to open the way for all that is good
Every Choice Is a Mistake
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
23 June 2022
Accepting the inherent imperfections of life in samsara and holding faith in the journey itself
Building a Container of Contentment
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
26 March 2022
Looking at how building a thriving garden is much like building a thriving life and the help that the Noble Eightfold Path offers
From Bias to Balance: Liberating the Roots of Perception
Tilly Campbell-Allen
31 August 2021
Questioning our mental filters and fictions
Can Small Farms Save the World? Part Two: Forest Gardens
Sarah C. Beasley
13 August 2021
A way forward for individuals and communities to restore the planet’s health
Being or Doing? Or Both? Or Neither?
Ratnadevi
23 July 2021
A meditation from the vegetable patch