Barbara Gates

Barbara Gates is the author of Already Home: A Topography of Spirit and Place and founding editor, with Wes Nisker, of the Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind (1984–2015).

Cycles of Motherhood

A practitioner reflects on her mother’s uniquely challenging qualities following a trip to the emergency room.

By Barbara Gates

Spring 2020

My Teacher, The Tree

Thai Buddhist monk Ajahn Pasanno and environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill discuss what nature can teach us about love in an interview with Inquiring Mind.

By Kim Criswell, Barbara Gates, and Wes Nisker

Aug 15, 2018

In the Bathtub of the Masters

Sometimes a forbidden soak is just what you need—to find peace.

By Barbara Gates

Fall 2016

Magazine Society & Environment

Standing as Equals

A conversation with Rinchen Khando Choegyal, founder of the Tibetan Nuns Project

By Barbara Gates

Winter 2013

Under the Pavement

Barbara Gates learns to use a jackhammer to uncover the neglected realms of the self.

By Barbara Gates

Fall 2003

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How You Think Today Is How You Live Your Life

In an excerpt from her Dharma Talk on the Threefold Practice of Won Buddhism, Rev. Grace Song explains why sound thought is so important.

By Rev. Grace Song

Jun 17, 2021

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The Buddhist Review

A Matter of Life and Death

Thoughts on a classic text about dying and duality from a late Zen teacher

Adapted from a talk by Sojun Mel Weitsman, edited by Hozan Alan Senauke

Summer 2021

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The Threefold Practice of Won Buddhism

In Won Buddhism, the threefold practice—absorption, inquiry, and making mindful choices—maps out the path to spiritual freedom. Rev. Grace Song describes how these principles work together to help us develop a more balanced practice that puts Buddhist wisdom into action in our daily lives.

Rev. Grace Song

Jun 2021

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