Buddhism and the Serenity Prayer
Where Shantideva and a 20th-century Protestant theologian overlap when it comes to righteous anger
Emotions
How do Buddhism and emotions intersect? Emotions, like thoughts, can be great teachers, and mindfulness meditation can help us relate to them. In some cases, Buddhist wisdom and practice can help us some negative emotions or afflictions (kleshas), and in other cases, it can help us cultivate positive mental or heart states, like loving-kindness and compassion.
A Buddhist Guide to How to Truly Love
Scholar Maria Heim discusses the 5th-century sage Buddhaghosa’s instructions on releasing anger and cultivating loving-kindness.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Podcasts
Breaking the Trance
An excerpt of a conversation between Tara Brach and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
What Does Desire Want from Us?
The experience of wanting is fertile ground for practice.
The Courage to Choose Love
Meditation teacher Tara Brach discusses how cultivating courage and compassion can counter the dangers of what she calls the “trance of separation.”
Engaged Compassion
Drawing from twenty years of research at Emory’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, Lobsang Tenzin Negi lays out concrete practices for cultivating resilience, connection, and joy.
Holding Your Pain
A practice for meeting suffering with loving awareness
Finding Balance to Engage More Fully
Meditation teacher Margaret Cullen discusses how equanimity can help us respond to the challenges of our times with greater curiosity and compassion.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
Seeing with Grandmother’s Eyes
The Buddhist teaching of equanimity is the radical permission to feel everything–without being swept away.
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