Category: Dharma in Daily Life
What Are Teachers For?
Given how difficult Buddhist teachers can be to locate, trust, understand, accept, admire, and follow, are they even necessary?
Inside the Shamatha Project
Adeline Van Waning takes us inside a groundbreaking study that explores the effects of meditation on the brain and one’s overall well-being.
Beyond All Attachment
It’s not enough to renounce attachment to this life, says the Sakya Trizin. To be liberated we must transcend the idea of reality altogether.
Riding Through the Gateless Gate
Rafe Martin recounts a personal story of the feeling of nothingness while motorcycling on a rainy day.
We Need Action and Reflection
Kyo Maclear discusses how we might find relief and perspective when such a crisis seems to take over the news, and, for many of us, our minds.
The Dalai Lama on the death of Osama bin Laden: What did he say?
The Dalai Lama's office is seeking to clarify His Holiness's comments on the death of Osama bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden’s death: Reactions from a Buddhist or mindful perspective
A series of Buddhist perspectives and reactions in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.
Too Much Information: Kyo Maclear on being stuck between Zen and CNN after Japan’s disaster
Visual arts writer and novelist Kyo Maclear shares her experiences of trying to make sense of the news of Japan’s disaster last month.
After a theft, author Brian Haycock considers “Letting it Go”
He may write noir, but that doesn't mean author Brian Haycock is comfortable with the reality of crime – especially when it happens to him.
Newark Peace Education Summit: The Power of Nonviolence
The Dalai Lama tops the marquee at the Newark Peace Education Summit conference in New Jersey.