Commitment and Freedom – A Paradox Unfolding in Changing Times
Ratnadevi
22 October 2024
Ratnadevi reflects on Buddhist retreats’ unique ways of teaching us that commitment can lead to freedom
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
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
Fostering Peace through the Won Buddhist Contemplative Practice of Diary Writing
Grace Song
11 December 2023
An exploration of the power of daily journaling to look within and see our thoughts and actions more clearly and empathetically
Layered Simplicity: Guiding Ideas for Creative Makers and Meditators, Part Two
Ratnadevi
20 July 2023
Mindfulness teacher and artist Ratnadevi offers gentle guidance for all who struggle with the creative or artistic process
Five Things I’ve Learned About Compassionate Action
Satya Robyn
19 July 2023
Satya Robyn reflects on her life as an activist and a changing of the seasons to a new focus
Texas Professor Earns Fulbright Grant to Research Buddhism in Taiwan
Justin Whitaker
1 June 2023
Dr. Laurence Musgrove is an English professor and accomplished poet and writer who will look into Taiwan’s Humanistic Buddhism
Our Own Source of Power
Satya Robyn
3 May 2023
On the delicate process of saying no when needed in order to create space for more meaningful pursuits
Breaking Free: Doing Nothing and Being Nobody
Ratnadevi
16 February 2023
A meditation on the freedom possible in prison and the way our minds can imprison us even when we believe that we are free
Robert Aitken: From POW to Zen Master
Victor M. Parachin
15 February 2023
Looking back on the life of an American immersed in Zen: a representative of the post-war union of Japanese Zen and American culture
On Not Going Gently
Satya Robyn
10 October 2022
How writing a new book on being gentle can actually make life more difficult
Curiosity
Ratnadevi
18 August 2022
Seeing how curiosity can bring new vitality and joy to our art, meditation, and life