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Healing America’s Racial Karma
It started before I was born. It began before you were born, too, this turning wheel of racialized consciousness. Its tracks are evident across the face of time and the threads of human connection. Let us propose this is not an intractable condition but a legacy of human thought, speech, and physical behaviors. Our racialized…
The Simple Insight That Made Me a Buddhist
John Mifsud shares the story of how he found himself at the feet of a golden Buddha in Thailand, where a simple insight changed his perspective.
Tuning In: A Buddhist Subtle Energy Practice for Anxiety
What does your body tell you when you're anxious? C. Pierce Salguero explains how Buddhist practice can help us tune in when strong emotions arise.
How to Make Friends with Your Beautiful Monsters
Anger, fear, envy—usually we’re ashamed of our so-called monstrous emotional patterns. Yet if we make friends with our monsters, says Tsoknyi Rinpoche, magic happens. We are no longer afraid.
Nuestros maestros no son dioses
Rob Preece, practicante y psicoterapeuta veterano, dice que, aunque como estudiantes podemos ser devotos de nuestros maestros, ya no podemos darnos el lujo de idealizarlos.
The Practice of Love
For many of us, opening our hearts to ourselves may be the hardest part of the path. Here, the late John Welwood shares how and why meditation helped him do it — unconditionally.
A Meditation to Develop Bodhichitta
Thubten Chodron on how to develop bodhichitta, the aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit others.
What to Do When Someone You Love Is Hurting
Psychiatrist Ravi Chandra on how you can support a loved one suffering from mental illness without minimizing or ignoring your own pain.
What Is a “Darkness Retreat”?
Rod Meade Sperry talks to Lama Justin von Bujdoss about the practice of "darkness retreat," which made headlines this week after NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed he will soon undertake the practice to determine the future of his football career.
Healing the Scars of History
Retreats are being held at Auschwitz, a former plantation, and a site where Indigenous people were massacred. Lindsay Kyte reports on how retreatants are finding freedom from their ancestral pain.