Meeting in the Darkness

With the people who live with chronic hopelessness and fear, we try to live comfortably in their darkness. And that's the hardest thing of all.

Natalie Goldberg Puts It All Into Words

Writing is where I give everything. I know that when I'm doing sitting meditation, I hold back. Writing is where I put my ass on the line.

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Queer Spirituality

Peter Sweasey discusses sexual identity as help and hindrance on the path towards spiritual discovery.

There’s No Place to Go But Up — bell hooks and Maya Angelou in conversation

A mind-to-mind exchange between Maya Angelou and bell hooks, two important African-American women writers, who care and think deeply about life.

The Kosmos According to Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber discusses how to integrate many levels of knowledge from the most concrete to the most etheral into a great unified view of the living universe.

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Padmasambhava gives Advice to King Trisong Detsen I

A translated passage in which Padmasambhava gives advice to Trisong Detsen I following the consecration of a construction site.

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The Seven Points of Training the Mind

The Seven Points of Training the Mind, as translated Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.