Category: Mindfulness in Your Life
The Wild and Ancient Path: Coming to terms with a “legacy of shame”
Ellen Watters Sullivan explores how Buddhism and meditation have helped her deal with her difficult family history of slaveholding in Georgia.
Stress Is a Waste of Time
Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, knows what it’s like to be stressed out, and says nothing good comes of it.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Revealing Nature of Loneliness”
There's wisdom in loneliness, writes Rob Brooks in this latest post from The Under 35 Project, but it can be a scary path to find yourself on.
From The Under 35 Project: “In Falling”
Feeling herself falling after her divorce, Samantha Claire Updegrave eventually finds flight in this latest post from The Under 35 Project.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Gift of Failure”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Marco Seiryu Wilkinson, about being mindful of where our food comes from.
You Don’t Need to Be Buddhist
Thich Nhat Hanh tells Andrea Miller that anyone can use the five mindfulness trainings to lead a life of understanding and compassion.
Please Come Back
In a London chapel devoted to American war dead, Melody Ermachild Chavis realizes that maybe her father been there for her all along.
Let’s Talk: It’s Time to Open Our Doors
Joshua Eaton asks: “Why is it that Buddhists are always talking about compassion but aren't providing shelter for those in need?”
From The Under 35 Project: “How to save your life, over and over and over again”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Ishita Gupta, about living up to our own expectations.
From The Under 35 Project: “Cushion and Apron — On Meditation and Waitressing”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Sarah Fox, on the junction between meditation and waitressing.