Bodhi Leaves: People of Asian Descent on Buddhism, Culture & Life

Coming Home to My Mother’s Love

We don’t always recognize love in the forms it takes. In this intimate reflection, Sister Tue Nghiem comes to see the quiet care her mother offered as the deep tenderness it truly was.

Sister Tue Nghiem

Children Carry Vesak Forward

Mihiri Tillakaratne

Greed: When Enough Never Feels Like Enough

Rev. Marvin Harada

Truth in Fiction

The Story of Buddhist Reformer Venerable Ādicca Vamsa

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How to Practice Chanting

Mark Unno

How to Practice Metta for a Troubled Time

Mushim Patricia Ikeda

The World Is Your Zendo

Pico Iyer

A hand holds a smartphone displaying a photo of a matcha bowl with a digital butterfly overlay. The real bowl, filled with green tea, sits on a tatami mat.

Wings of Contemplation

Noel Alumit

two people running down the long hallway, scene from the Apple TV+ show Severance

The Samsara of “Severance”

Kim Thai

The Karma of Taylor Swift

Sarwang Parikh

illustration of a hand erasing part of brain

When Memory Fails Us

Mark Amaratunga

No Mud, No Lotus

Br. Phap Huu

How I Stopped My Panic Attacks

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

The Single Life

Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần

Steve Aoki: Mindfulness, Music & Cake

Sandi Rankaduwa

How to Break Free From Comparison and Judgment

Sister Boi Nghiem

What Cancer Taught Me

Paul Daisuke Goodman

I’m the Aunty Now!

Mihiri Tillakaratne

A hand holds a blue Catholic rosary.

The Convergence of Catholicism and Zen

Lion’s Roar

How to Practice Deep Relaxation

Sister Chan Khong

The Eightfold Path: Right Thought

Rev. Marvin Harada

“Those Poor Women”

Funie Hsu

The Poem That Made Me a Poet

Ira Sukrungruang

How to Talk It Out

Sister Chan Khong