Category: Meditation practices
When You’re Too Busy to Meditate
When you feel too busy to meditate, Vinny Ferraro suggests reframing your idea of meditation.
The Real Source of Happiness
The Buddhist teachings on the jhana states contain a secret about where positive emotions really come from. Allen Weiss explains.
How to Invoke the Medicine Buddha
David Michie teaches us a healing meditation to purify karma and cultivate well-being.
My Partner Disapproves
Susan Piver answers a reader's question about meditation and relationships.
How to Meditate: The Buddhist Guide
Meditation isn't very hard. In fact: if you can breathe, you can meditate. Learn how to meditate, as taught by the Buddha, with our easy-to-follow guide.
Sleepy Mind, Monkey Mind
Anita Feng shares how to stop going back and forth between drowsiness and "monkey mind."
Maezumi’s Three Teachings
Three teachings on meditation passed on from Maezumi Roshi to Karen Maezen Miller.
How to Do Walking Meditation
Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith shed light on a common yet often misunderstood meditative practice, via simple-to-follow instructions.
Will I ever enjoy meditation?
Kate Lila Wheeler answers one of the most frequently asked questions about challenges on the spiritual path: Will meditation ever become enjoyable?
You Can’t Meditate Wrong
Barry Magid says Buddhist practice is like looking in a mirror — there’s no wrong way to do it. The important thing is to be yourself.