Modern Mantras for Daily Life
Sister Ocean
19 December 2017
In the Plum Village community, we learn to apply the art of mindful living in daily life. My teacher, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, (Thay)
Josh Korda: Where Buddhism, Life, and Psychology Meet
Justin Whitaker
30 November 2017
Walking the Dharma in in modern America
Concerning Dukkha
Prof. David Dale Holmes
15 November 2017
Understanding the root of suffering
Fearlessness and Climate Change: A Better Way to Be in a Suffering World
Heather Lyn Mann
7 July 2017
In 2007, I took a multi-year sabbatical from my career as an environmental professional and set sail on a 15,000-nautical-mile ocean voyage in a small
The Difference Age Makes
Vanessa Sasson
19 May 2017
Life is pain. That is the first noble truth. Like most practitioners and scholars of Buddhism, I have given that truth a considerable amount of
When All Else Fails, Exhale
Sister Ocean
3 March 2017
I once had a dance teacher who shared with us his trick for ensuring a successful performance: he would rehearse his dance company enough to
Baby Steps on the Path of Purity
Prof. David Dale Holmes
17 February 2017
I visited Venerable Nyanaponika Thera at the Forest Hermitage, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in the mid-1980s, when Bhikkhu Bodhi was still staying there with him,
Self-reflection in Kashmir
Joseph Houseal
3 February 2017
The world is beset by what are often called “intractable problems.” Agitation and response seem to run in circles of escalating violence, with little apparent
A Student Death
Vanessa Sasson
13 January 2017
One of my students killed himself this year. He was 20 years old. A friend of his came by my office to tell me the
The New Year Is Now
Sister Ocean
30 December 2016
The turning of the year is a natural time to pause and reflect on our lives, be it for the lunar or the Gregorian calendar.
Buddhistdoor View: Science and Buddhism—Alliance and Friendship, Not Ideological Uniformity
Buddhistdoor Global
7 October 2016
We do not like to think that humans are inherently cruel or violent. Even the suggestion that homo sapiens might, as a species, be inclined to violence sits uneasily
Cultivating Wellbeing in the Heart of the City: An Interview with Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Pundarika Hong Kong
23 September 2016
For more than 21 years, Tsoknyi Rinpoche has traveled the world teaching about the innermost nature of mind as understood by the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.