Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Parenting
Finding What’s Right in Front of Us
A parent and practitioner explores the difference between free time and freedom.
On Parenting
MeditationMagazine | On Parenting
The Dust Beyond the Cushion
From dishes to dusting, from window-washing to bed-making, housekeeping provides an everyday opportunity for practice.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Parenting
The Dharma of Motherhood
There have been moments in my life when I’ve felt that I found Buddhism mostly so that my daughter, Maud, now fourteen, could grow up around a dharma practitioner. It’s never been a problem, trying to…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Parenting
Cartoon As Path
Jonathan (nine years old) reads to us from his favorite comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. First panel: young Calvin’s teacher gives him a math problem. Next: Calvin stares at the problem, dumbfounded. Final panel: Calvin, dressed…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Parenting
Family Practice
I’d been away on a silent retreat for several weeks. We’d engaged in a Dzogchen preliminary practice of self-inquiry in which one asks, “Who is meditating? Who, what is aware?” By retreat’s end, wondering how my…
Get Daily Dharma in your email
Start your day with a fresh perspective
Explore timeless teachings through modern methods.
With Stephen Batchelor, Sharon Salzberg, Andrew Olendzki, and more
See Our Courses