One Dead, Dozens Injured after Heavy Winds Hit Buddhist Meditation Center in Alberta
Justin Whitaker
6 August 2024
Several hundred people had gathered for an 11-day retreat when severe winds hit the area
Online Dharma: Khyentse Foundation Announces Week-long Workshop “Living Is Dying”
Craig C Lewis
21 June 2024
Khyentse Foundation announced that a week-long workshop will be held in Bangalore on the theme “Living Is Dying: Embracing Life’s Transitions.”
Circles of Life and Death, Part One: Recalling Thich Nhat Hanh and Black Elk
Sarah C. Beasley
25 May 2024
In our busy and difficult modern lives, we forget that life flows in circles. But the wisdom of our teachers can bring us back to that essential truth and harmony
Metta’s Back
Mettamorphsis
14 May 2024
Our loving-kindness practitioner embarks on a Goenka-style Vipassana retreat and realizes that it is time for a new direction in her practice
Coming Alongside: Living Beautifully
Ratnadevi
27 April 2024
Ratnadevi continues her exploration of what she learned from a recent extended retreat, offering us guidance on applying our meditative experience to everyday life
Cutting Metta’s Losses
Mettamorphsis
3 April 2024
Our loving-kindness practitioner explores the practice of pruning, both literally and metaphorically, as a way to make space for future growth
Take Down a Musical Instrument
Ratnadevi
15 March 2024
Having just returned from a two-month retreat in Wales, Ratnadevi offers us a glimpse of the path and process of engaging with the non-dual nature of the mind
Honoring the Legacy of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh
Maia Duerr
16 February 2024
Thich Nhat Hanh’s unique ability to reach people where they are and his emphasis on Buddhism as an always-engaged practice live on as two among many of his greatest accomplishments
Celebrating Sangha in the Wood Dragon New Era
Sarah C. Beasley
9 February 2024
As we enter into a new lunar year, Sarah C. Beasley invites us to take joy in all four parts of the Buddha’s community
Theravada Teacher Ajahn Brahm Teaching in Hong Kong in March
Raymond Lam
2 February 2024
The abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Australia brings his signature humor and warmth to a series of events about kindfulness in hard times
Safe, Satisfied, and Loved: Coming Home to Our True Selves
Ratnadevi
16 January 2024
Using that time just before a long retreat to reflect on the mind, seeing the distractions and worries and meeting them with kindness
The Wisdom of Bees – Awe and Respect for All Species
Sarah C. Beasley
6 September 2023
A Buddhist reflection on the lessons that bees and other insects might teach us about generosity and community