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Letting in All the Ancestors
Reckoning with her return to life outside the monastery, a Zen student finds solace in calling upon her ancestors.
Relationships
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Is an Aspiring Bodhisattva Allowed to Have Boundaries?
When boundless compassion meets healthy limitations
Seeing the Silliness of Me
Theravada teacher Ajahn Sundara on the importance of not taking yourself so seriously.
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On Differentiating ‘Noble Silence’ from ‘The Silent Treatment’
A Buddhist couples therapist on using silence skillfully in relationships
Beauty Saved My Life
How compiling a book on a 19th-century Buddhist nun gave a chronically ill writer the strength to fight to the death
Finding the Juicy and Joyful in Celibacy
In an excerpt from their latest book, Healing Our Way Home, three Black Buddhist teachers talk about intimacy, sexuality, and healing.
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Equanimity Versus Indifference
The two states may appear to be similar, but indifference lacks love.
Dear One, I Am Here for You
Using mantras as an expression of love
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There Is No Yesterday and No Tomorrow
Artist Jenny Odell on how paying attention can break us out of linear time
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