Lasting Happiness

The hard part of lasting happiness, says Mingyur Rinpoche, is getting over our bad habit of seeking happiness in transient experiences.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche remembers Arbie Thalacker

Remembrance of Arbie Thalacker by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, dharma teacher and president of the Karmapa Foundation.

Video: BBC’s mindfulness report reveals “brain boost”

Would eight weeks of the practice of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in fact reduce stress, or even chronic pain caused by Lupus?

Study: MBSR helps breast cancer survivors with depression

Study reveals that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training effectively helps breast cancer survivors cope with emotional distress.

Video: BBC reports on mindfulness meditation, happiness, and the science that may show their connection

Via David Sillito of the BBC comes this report — with more to come —  featuring Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard (aka, the “happiest man in the world”) and others, exploring the connection behind mindfulness meditation and science.

“There Is No Pizza in Nibbana” — Mirka Knaster and Robert Pryor on Anagarika Munindra

An interview by Danny Fisher with the authors of Living This Life Fully, a book reviewed earlier this year in Buddhadharma.

So much for “Mad Men” — Former monk Gregory Burdulis brings mindfulness to an ad-world leader

Gregory Burdulis is a former Theravadan monk who now teaches mindfulness meditation to employees at a famous advertising agency.

What’s Your Hindrance? Five Obstacles to Happiness and Contentment

A post by Toni Bernhard on the Buddha's "five hinderances" and how we can overcome these obstacles.

Snakes on the Brain

We can control our fears—even primal fears. The key, says Jeff Greenwald, is the stories we tell ourselves, as individuals and as cultures.

Yes, We’re Buddhists Too!

Jan Willis examines the subtle—and not so subtle—racism that exists in American Buddhism.