Meditation Meditation Month 2022
Jhana: The Spice Your Meditation Has Been Missing
Meditation teacher and political columnist Jay Michaelson explains how jhana meditation is a transformative and vital part of the eightfold path.
Dr. Jay Michaelson
Dr. Jay Michaelson is the author of six books including Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment and The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path.
We’re Queer And We’ve Been Here
Rediscovering Buddhism’s LGBT history of gay monks, homoerotic samurai, and gender-nonconforming practitioners and gods
Can Virtual Reality Help You Reach Enlightenment?
If games that train and transport your mind are cheating, then so are vast swaths of the Buddhist tradition, according to this meditation teacher.
Working Through the Strong Emotions of Sexual Identity
On a 40-day meditation retreat, dharma teacher and LGBTQ activist Jay Michaelson came to the shocking realization that, deep down, he would change his orientation if he could.
Making the Shadow Your Teacher
The modern rendering of Buddhism’s first noble truth might be “shit happens.” But our struggles can be fertilizer for our spiritual practice instead of waste. Writer, scholar, and meditation teacher Jay Michaelson, Ph.D., will speak about…
Why You Should Invite President Trump Into Your Meditation Practice
Trump Practice is accepting fear, rage, and uncertainty. Feel into it, sink into it, let it overwhelm and overtake you.
The Fifth Precept in the Age of Facebook and Trump
A meditation teacher and political columnist makes a case for considering the Internet an intoxicant that should be used in moderation.
The Dharma of Westworld
Reincarnation, no-self, and other Buddhist lessons from the popular HBO series.
Retreat or Fight? Both are Right.
In times of remarkable injustice, the "hands-off" Buddhist approach is not enough—we need to get off the cushion and fight.
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