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Find Your Heart in Loneliness

When we are alone, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, we may begin a love affair with sadness.

A bowl of ramen.

When Plans Go Awry, Eat the Blame

Have your plans ever worked out exactly as you’d hoped? Toni Bernhard explains how to dance through life's complications.

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Wanting What’s Right

Karen Maezen Miller on trying to curb the budding consumerism of her children and their attachment to things.

The Wisdom of Aging with Grace

Norman Fischer describes the qualities of aging gracefully.

Spirit and the Boy

Mother to one, sister to the other—Karen Connelly on three interwoven lives and the call she will always accept.

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Dharma for Moms and Dads

Ty Phillips looks at the Five Precepts—the ethical code of dedicated Buddhist practitioners—and finds five powerful guidelines every parent could use.

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Love Without Fear: Building Fearless Relationships

Today fear is rampant in all areas of our lives. There are many ways we seek safe harbor, a place to feel protected and cared for. Many turn to relationships for this, to experience security and comfort. Then, a paradoxical thing happens, the relationship itself becomes a cause of fear. What makes this happen?

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Take Your Mind to the Gym

You have the power to change your habitual mental patterns. The key, Norman Fischer says, is to do your reps.

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Restlessness, Contentment, and “Kindfulness”

The Buddhist monk known as Ajahn Brahm talks about developing a sense of contentment, and not finding fault in your meditation practice.