Practicing Fearless Metta
Instead of avoiding or suppressing fear, meditation teacher Kevin Griffin offers a third option—meeting our fear with care and kindness.
Emotions
Buddhist Wisdom for Handling Moral Outrage
According to scholar Allison Aitken, divisive tribalism is nothing new. In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, she discusses how 8th-century Buddhist texts can help us heal contemporary divisions.
The Power of Awareness and Compassion to Transform Our World
Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama’s long-time English translator, explains how Buddhist contemplative wisdom can lead to greater emotional balance and address contemporary challenges in large-scale systems from education to healthcare.
The Not-Knowing of Our Time
The dharma invites us to embrace painful energies as teachers.
How to Choose Joy
Ask yourself, ‘What brings me joy?’ Then see what happens.
Raging Buddha
How my anger led me to insight
Living with Bears
We can never really prepare ourselves for the reality of suffering. But we can understand our fear of suffering.
Scare Yourself Awake
Some of our spookiest reads for Halloween
Harnessing Horror Through Meditation
A Buddhist practitioner faces his fears of horror movies and roller coasters with the help of his meditation practice.
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