Relationships change, power dynamics shift, internally and externally. The flow and force of habit and negligence pummel up against the revealing light of awareness, and something shifts...
“What is drama and what is dharma? I guess you could say drama is illusion that acts like truth, and dharma is truth itself-the way things are, the basic state of reality that does not change from day to day according to fashion or our mood or...
In Turning the Mind into an Ally, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche describes the act of starting your meditation session with intention. He says it is, "like putting a rock on a leaf." It's really helpful for me to conjure this image whenever...
On this Mother’s Day, the woman who is sort of officially/unofficially my stepmother is standing guard over my father, making sure that he does not kill himself. In the past few weeks, my father has been in the hospital three times, the latest...
The classic instruction to "regard all beings as your mother" or the realization that you've lived through so many lifetimes that every being has been your mother at some point and therefore is worthy of love and respect doesn't work today...
How does one actually practice dhamma when faced with hunger pangs? With jealousy, delirium and hunger pangs? With uncertainty as to the state of the world around you -- and jealousy, delirium and hunger pangs?
For the rest of my lifetimes and Even beyond I vow to do my best to do no harm And in times of doubt i can think on the dharma And the enlightened ones who've graduated Samsara.
My little baby continues to be the best teacher I’ve ever had.At a little over two months old, he is wiser, more thoughtful and more attuned to his natural rhythms than I could ever hope to be. And like most teachers I’ve studied with, I...
Welcome to the ID Project Podcast. This podcast features a lecture by Joseph Loizzo titled Tibet's Time Machine and the Activism of Global Happiness. It was recorded on February 29th, 2012 in New York City. This is the second of a two part podcast.
The Buddha Freestyles is a new weekly column where I will take a quote from hip-hop and occasionally other forms of music and interpret how it can relate to living a life of mindfulness and compassion. Have a suggested lyric? Send it over.
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I can’t wait to read this book by,Tim Ryan, Ohio congressman and author of A Mindful Nation in which he asserts scientific evidence that mediation does reduce stress, increase mind performance, and enhance overall moods. All of...
To be perfectly honest, I have been an awful Buddhist, an even worse meditation teacher. Since I started working full-time, my practice has been quite bare bones. What’s worse is that I have been easily lured into hateful, angry, and insecure...
by Kimberly Brown
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If you're anything like me, you probably think the opposite of clinging is indifference. If I don't care, then I'm not attached, right? Wrong. From a Buddhist perspective, the...
I noticed a manifestation of my meditation practice crawling across my leg in plain view as my practice was ending this morning. It was black—pitch-black. It was small—smaller than a
“It is increasingly clear that we can’t solve the climate dilemma without empowering all people to become part of the solution.” – Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, CMB Program Director at Garrison Institute
I’m sorry this is the last week of this process, though it has had a good effect and perhaps it’s time to move on to other lessons in letting go. I packed up 10 books today for a writer friend, and another 10 for my local Goodwill, a very nice...
