Ezra Bayda

Ezra Bayda , the author of seven books, has been practicing meditation since 1970 and currently teaches at Zen Center San Diego.

At Home with Yourself

Learning to be alone without being lonely

By Ezra Bayda

Winter 2018

image of a female head from behind, bent over; buddhism and chronic pain

More than This Body

We can’t rid ourselves of bodily pain, but by changing how we relate to it, we can awaken our minds.

By Ezra Bayda

Jun 25, 2018

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Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Politics and Practice

We can’t possibly see things clearly when we’re caught up in identifying with the rightness of our own views.

By Ezra Bayda

Sep 26, 2016

outline of a Buddha head self-image in Buddhism

No One Special to Be

Escaping the prison of your own self-image

By Ezra Bayda

Fall 2014

Man with head bowed, remorse in buddhism

The Sweet Pain of Remorse

One particular difficulty, which is one of the most effective catalysts to awakening the heart, is experiencing the pain of remorse. Sometimes we get a glimpse of the fact that we’re living from vanity or unkindness or pettiness, and we feel a cringe of conscience. This is the experience of remorse, which arises when we […]

By Ezra Bayda

Summer 2014

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Breaking Through

How to recognize and overcome three universal obstacles to practice

By Ezra Bayda

Summer 2012

Trike Daily

Forgiveness Meditation Instruction

A meditation to nurture forgiveness

By Ezra Bayda

Jun 29, 2011

Dharma Talks

Relationships, Love, and Spiritual Practice

This retreat, led by Zen teacher and author Ezra Bayda, will explore how the difficulties we face in relationships block our experience of love and connectedness, as well as the experience of genuine happiness. He will describe several practices to help us work with relationship difficulties, including dealing with fears and resentments.

By Ezra Bayda

May 2011

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Reflect, Without Thinking

On learning how to enjoy our little human dramas

By Ezra Bayda, Photography by Corey Kohn

Winter 2009

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A New Graphic Novel Interweaves Afrofuturism, Horror, and Buddhist Precepts

In The Eightfold Path, characters include a wisecracking corpse, a political figure who promises to “restore America,” and a pair of lovers who enter into a suicide pact.

By Hawa Allan

May 26, 2022

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The Buddhist Review

The Buddhist Traveler in Boston

New England’s metropolis offers many attractions for Buddhist visitors.

By Sarah Fleming

Summer 2022

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Teachings

The Three Beautiful Roots: Cultivating the Three Wholesome Qualities in Unwholesome Times

How can we find the courage to have alobha, to give freely without attachment; adosa, to let go of aversion and punitive actions and live with integrity; and amoha, to gain insight into the nature of things without delusion? In this dharma talk, we will learn to practice the three beautiful branches of dana (giving), sila (moral integrity), and bhavana (cultivation, meditation), and to live as heart-centrically as we can.

Joshua Bee Alafia

May 2022

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Ezra Bayda

Magazine Body & Mind

At Home with Yourself

Trike Daily Body & Mind

More than This Body

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Politics and Practice

Magazine Teachings

No One Special to Be

Magazine

The Sweet Pain of Remorse

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Breaking Through

Trike Daily

Forgiveness Meditation Instruction

Dharma Talks

Relationships, Love, and Spiritual Practice

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Reflect, Without Thinking