Listening to Our Ancestors
Three practices for listening mindfully—to ourselves and others
Ancestors
Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
Zen in the Age of Layoffs
Finding ancestral wisdom in groundlessness
Preparing the Mind and Body for Meditation
How cleaning your meditation space and setting up an altar can transform your practice—and generate infinite merit
Personal Reflections Relationships
Letting in All the Ancestors
Reckoning with her return to life outside the monastery, a Zen student finds solace in calling upon her ancestors.
On ‘Down by the Riverside’
A study of refuge and liberation in Black spirituals and Soto Zen Buddhism
Personal Reflections Life As It Is
The Stream of Our Ancestors
A dharma teacher reflects on the power of getting out of our own way.
Personal Reflections Embodiment
Some Things Are Felt Through The Body
I have always been what can be described as ‘sensitive’. This is shorthand for, literally, some days I can’t get out of bed because the Amazon is burning, or I have to recover each time I…
Storytelling, Death, and Putting Flesh Back on Bones
Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat speaks with Ann Tashi Slater about storytelling, death, and lineage.
Finding Your Own Narrative
A conversation with Gish Jen and Ann Tashi Slater on cultural ancestry, existing between worlds, and how we figure out—or don’t—who we are.
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