Category: Mindfulness
DIY Dharma: You Have Everything You Need
Interested in beginning a meditation practice but don't know where to begin? You have a mind, body, thoughts, and a natural bent toward awakening. helpful guidelines for the path ahead of you.
Life is Tough. Here Are Six Ways to Deal With It
These classic Buddhist slogans offer six powerful techniques to transform obstacles into awakening and benefit.
The Buddha on Zoom
Dr. Robert Waldinger offers five ways to keep our connection alive in this time of seperation.
The Healing Journey: Rosalie’s Story
*Trigger warning: The abuse Rosalie suffered is described graphically in this story.* As a child, Rosalie had been severely abused by her father. When he was drunk he’d climb into her bed at night and rub his body against hers until he climaxed. If she resisted him, he’d hit her and threaten her with worse.…
The Dalai Lama congratulates President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
I pray for your success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of all Americans, His Holiness writes.
Meditation is the Key to Knowing Yourself
Meditation practice awakens our trust that the wisdom and compassion that we need are already within us.
Beautiful Snowflakes
Norman Fischer on the joy in realizing that we and our world are as passing as falling snowflakes.
Christmas in Prison
It is hard to like a man who is loud and obnoxious. Bulldog was not only loud and obnoxious, he was big and strong as well.
Before He Melts Away
His son has been cancer free for six years now, but for James Hanmer the meaning of Frosty the Snowman has changed forever.
Many Thanks
Sylvia Boorstein learns how daily messages of gratitude exchanged between friends can bring insight and the inspiration to practice.
Strangers No More
Dharma teacher Shahara Lauren E. Godfrey, passed away on December 1. In this piece from early 2019, she shares a story about the power of kindness.
Patience Isn’t Passive
Constance Kassor explains why patience isn’t a passive tolerance of harm. Instead, patience requires a recognition of the deep interconnectedness of the world and an active engagement with it.
Falling in Love
Norman Fischer on sex, family, love and liberation: "The oceanic impulse toward enlightenment not only for ourselves but for all beings."
You Are Not Your Job
This year we have all learned the lesson of impermanence. The plans we thought we were making, the lives we thought we were living—2020 has taught us just how illusory they were. For many of us, jobs and careers have proven to be the most impermanent of all. Yet in these uncertain times of layoffs,…
The Answer to Anger & Aggression is Patience
We can suppress anger and aggression or act it out, either way making things worse for ourselves and others. Or we can practice patience.
The Natural Warmth of the Heart
In the difficulties of your life, says Pema Chödrön, you will discover your natural love and warmth.
Holding Your Seat When The Going Gets Rough
The most straightforward advice on how to discover your true nature is this, says Pema Chödrön: practice not causing harm to anyone—neither yourself nor others—and every day, do what you can to help.
Karen Maezen Miller’s “The Laundry Line” — Coming Home
Karen Maezen Miller's advice on coming back from retreat and finding mindfulness in our daily life.
The Myth of Multitasking
We have the illusion that multitasking makes us more efficient, but it only makes us unhappy, says Sharon Salzberg.