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See “Floating Echo,” the inflatable Buddha in New York’s East River

At Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, New York, a 10-foot inflatable Buddha statue sits in the East River while pedestrians pass by.

Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Sarah Fox, on the junction between meditation and waitressing.

Author and Zen teacher Lin Jensen tells how meditation's surprising first lesson still resonates with him.

American Buddhist and Muslim leaders have issued a joint statement condemning violence between the two religious communities in Myanmar.

Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Chris W., about how a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh helped him confront his drug addiction.

Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Susan Yao, about the pain of attachment to unrealistic expectations.

The Under 35 Project Stacy Chivers writes about working with sick people and offering them "love, patience, and compassion."

Lama Palden Drolma explains the significance of Tara,“she who ferries beings across the ocean of samsara.”

From the November 2012 issue of Lion's Roar, Trudy Goodman gives a short teaching on "la bienveillance", the French concept of metta.

As a Jew and a Briton, Henry Shukman had avoided all things German. But he said yes when asked him to teach at a zendo in the Black Forest.