Barbara Gates

Cycles of Motherhood

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

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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Spring 2020

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sebene selassie teaching mindfulness of the four elements

Mindfulness of the Four Elements: Reconnecting with the World

In the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha taught practitioners to contemplate the four elements—earth, fire, water, and air—as a foundation of mindfulness practice. Our Meditation Month teacher, Sebene Selassie, shows how this oft-overlooked practice of examining the elements as basic metaphors for experience can help us see our inherent connections to nature.

Sebene Selassie

Mar 2020

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