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Worried About Worrying
Susan Piver gives advice on working with a mind that can’t stop working over every detail.
Koans: One with the Question
The enlightenment stories of the ancient masters are confounding to conventional mind. Their truth, says Melissa Myozen Blacker, is revealed only when our whole being becomes the koan.
Investigación independiente confirma “abuso físico, sexual y emocional” por parte de Sogyal Rinpoche
Una investigación independiente sobre las denuncias contra el maestro budista tibetano Sogyal Lakar (conocido ampliamente como Sogyal Rinpoche), fundador de la comunidad Rigpa, descubrió que cometió actos de “abuso físico, sexual y emocional grave”.
The Five Buddha Families
Of the many methods for understanding and working with the energies that pervade our existence, one of the most profound is the “five buddha families,” an ancient Buddhist system of understanding enlightened mind and its various aspects.
What Are the Three Yanas?
In the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition, the three yanas are vehicles that carry you along the path to enlightenment.
5 Surprising Slogans to Help You Handle Anger
Zen teacher Norman Fischer applies five mind-training slogans to anger and other emotions.
How to Read Dharma
Studying Buddhist teachings is different from learning other subjects. Judy Lief shows you how to read the dharma so that it really changes you.
Why do Buddhists bow?
In Asian traditions, bowing is a gesture of humbleness and respect, but it can seem strange in the modern West.
The Buddha’s Training Wheels
Zachary Bremmer explains why we should approach the five precepts as training wheels to guide our practice.
Bringing Manjushri Home
When Diana Reynolds Roome brought home a thangka of Manjushri from Nepal she wondered, “How could I bring this great bodhisattva into my humdrum existence?”