Personal Reflections Animals & Pets
Restoring Dignity to Our Animal Kin
Anthropologist Amanda Stronza reflects on death, grief, and the profound interconnections between animals and humans.
Animals
The Salmon Sermon
As endangered coho salmon slowly return to Green Gulch Creek in Marin County, California, a community reflects on the reality of our interdependence.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Fruit Fly Dharma
Two unwelcome visitors test a practitioner’s bodhicitta
Personal Reflections Animals & Pets
Lessons from a (Mostly) Good Dog: #5: Dance
You can make your life a work of art—which is what it already was—only now, you no longer feel so separate from it.
Personal Reflections Animals & Pets
Lessons from a Mostly Good Dog: #4: Every Day Is a New Day
What we gain from encountering life with the wide-open eyes of a child, or of a dog.
The Myth of Separation
Tara Brach and Konda Mason on plant-based eating
Lessons from a (Mostly) Good Dog: #3, Be Kind
Can we learn to love each other the way our dogs love us, with that simple, tender adoration?
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
One Thing for Sure
Lessons in grief from a rescue chicken
In New Law, the UK Formally Recognizes Animals as Sentient Beings
A new Animal Sentience Committee will work to improve animal welfare. Plus, nuns from Plum Village visit Ukraine, and more news from the week.
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