What is the purpose of life?
What is the purpose of life? This question has for centuries baffled philosophers and kept weary souls awake at night. Contrary to … Read more >
Placing Hands in Meditation: Disrupting Familiar Patterns as a Gateway to Mindfulness
Our brains love repetition and will take any opportunity to slip into autopilot. I'm notified every three weeks when I... Read more >
The long corridor of Metta
Welcome, dear readers, to another month of taking off the meditation cushion and into the world. Last month's article, from Metta... Read more >
Riding on the Back of Freedom: The Meaning of Garuda
Image courtesy of the author* What do you imagine when you think of a bird? Perhaps its ability to fly, to be carried above the ground,... Read more >
The Beginner's Mind: Self-Compassion: Learning to Get Along
Beginner's Mind is a special BDG project bringing together insightful essays written by American college students who have taken experiential learning courses related… Read more >
The Buddha's teaching: permission to be ourselves
To what suffering should I open myself? This is the question that is bothering me this morning. Thinking about it, part of me finds the question ridiculous. … Read more >
Releasing grudges is a good death
Mary Carol is at a local event. Across the room, she sees someone she used to work with and immediately remembers... Read more >
Art as Contemplative Exploration of Reality – Recent Works by Visionary Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson. Photo by Carolyn Cole. At latimes.com Two questions multimedia artist Laurie Anderson asks herself about creating art are: Why … Read more >
What is and what is not? Revise our mind
Today, Buddhism has become almost synonymous with mindfulness practices. Contemporary research on the brain effects of mindfulness… Read more >
The Four Sublime States
A good meditation teacher can inspire a disciple to contemplate one of the four sublime states as an antidote to balance unwholesome and harmful states... Read more >
The 5 precepts of Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion that has had a profound impact on human history. She was born in India over 2500 years ago, but... Read more >
Quotes about the present moment of the Buddha
Buddha did not hide his wisdom. His words were both lessons and encouragement. He taught about love, compassion,... Read more >
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