Ken McLeod

Lessons from a Master Spy

Compassion is not about groups. It is about individuals.

By Ken McLeod

Sep 11, 2019

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Anger

How to recognize it, work with it, and even find wisdom in it.

By Ken McLeod, Illustrations by Patrick Leger

Fall 2019

Picturing India’s Ancient Mystics

Paintings of the eighty-four mahasiddhas, celebrated adepts of old, are presented in a rare complete collection from Tibet.

By Ken McLeod

Summer 2019

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

One-Breath Meditation

Breathe out just once. By holding a stable attention for one breath, we can become attuned to the quality of a clear mind.

By Ken McLeod

Mar 05, 2019

On Not Being Special

Only a lucky few attain enlightenment, but there is nothing special about them—or you.

By Ken McLeod

Feb 12, 2019

Prayer Without Blind Faith

There’s no need to pray to anything. If done from a settled mind, what we are praying for arises naturally.

By Ken McLeod

Dec 10, 2018

Mind Nature: Red Pill or Blue Pill?

A breakthrough experience in meditation can start a profound journey into the unknown or inflate one’s sense of self and reinforce delusion.

By Ken McLeod

Nov 19, 2018

Buddha statue reflected in crystal ball samaya

Magazine Meditation & Practice

How Samaya Works

Is samaya a commitment to do whatever your teacher says?

By Ken McLeod, Photographs by Seth Miranda

Fall 2018

Man parting curtain to reveal a winding road behind it. what is bodhicitta

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Bodhicitta Explained

A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path

By Ken McLeod

Summer 2018

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Debating the Buddhist Masters

A Tibetan-Canadian journalist reconnects with his culture and the dharma at a rare debate between lay practitioners and learned monastics.

By Rignam Wangkhang

Sep 18, 2019

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Buddhist Temple at Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Buddhist Traveler in Philadelphia

The City of Brotherly Love is best known for its cheesesteak and the Liberty Bell, but the town’s hidden pockets of tranquility will surprise you.

By Samuel Newhouse

Fall 2019

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

How to be Selfless in a Selfish World

Sensei José Shinzan Palma breaks down the false dichotomy between practice in the meditation hall and life “in the real world,” and shows how this realization of practice’s immediacy can transform our lives into a compassionate expression of service.

Sensei José Shinzan Palma

Sep 2019

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Lessons from a Master Spy

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Anger

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Picturing India’s Ancient Mystics

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

One-Breath Meditation

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On Not Being Special

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Prayer Without Blind Faith

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Mind Nature: Red Pill or Blue Pill?

Magazine Meditation & Practice

How Samaya Works

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Bodhicitta Explained