Category: Dharma in Daily Life
Forum: The Lojong Mind Training Practices
Judy Lief, Ken McLeod, and B. Alan Wallace discuss the seven points of mind training and how they work in our daily lives.
Ask the Teachers: Will Marriage Get in the Way of My Practice?
I’m worried about how marriage might conflict with my practice. How can you come to terms with attachment and ultimately renounce it, AND be married?
Forum Essays
Buddhadharma readers share their experience of Buddhist practice in everyday life as it relates to the generational divide and diversity within the sangha.
Suffering’s Not the Only Story
In the midst of great personal pain and confusion, says Sylvia Boorstein, we can be alive to the momentary gaps where our minds change course.
How American Women Are Changing Buddhism
The role of American Buddhist women is unprecedented and may change Buddhism forever.
Death Don’t Have No Mercy
Mariana Caplan's moving memoir of her mother's death, a rare account of death looked straight in the face and a powerful lesson in the pain of holding on.
Tiny, Slippery Spot of Mind: The four foundations of mindfulness in the Mahayana tradition
In the Mahayana tradition, mindfulness is regarded as wisdom, transcendental knowledge, which is known in Sanskrit as prajna. There are several stages we progress through in our study and cultivation of prajna. These become the means for integrating our understanding into our experience, and progressively developing that experience into the full state of realization.
Peace Is More Than Not Fighting
Felix Holmgren talks with the "Sri Lankan Gandhi," Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, about his movement promoting peace, and the transformation of the Sri Lankan society
Forum Essays: the Efficacy of Practice
Buddhadharma readers share their experience of Buddhist practice in everyday life as it relates to the efficacy of their practice.
Deep in the Present Moment
John Malkin talks to Sister Chan Khong about peace, war, emptiness and working with Thich Nhat Hanh.