Pani: Women, Drugs and Kathmandu
In Kathmandu, life for female opioid addicts is hard. Addicted to the street drug pani and shunned by society, many turn to sex work and petty crime to survive. This documentary follows eight brave women who…
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Can CBD Give Your Meditation a Boost?
The cannabis product has been popping up in many yoga and meditation classes. But is the trending stress reliever worth all the hype?
Ski. Climb. Write.
A living legend among climbers, Dick Dorworth set a speed skiing record, fathered five sons by five women, and drowned his demons in alcohol. Then he found Zen.
It’s the Journey, Not the Trip
Psychedelics aren’t a shortcut for Buddhist practice, because practice involves every moment of life—especially the boring ones.
Psychedelics’ Buddhist Revival
For some Buddhists, experiences of selflessness induced by hallucinogens are tools for practice. But others see distraction and even danger.
Why Buddhism is True (And Why You Can Blame Natural Selection for Your Suffering)
In this adaptation from his new book, Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright explains how evolutionary psychology supports the Buddhist diagnosis of the human predicament.
Putting to Rest the Myth of the Heroic Self
A friend of the late Michael Stone reflects on the teacher’s struggle with mental illness.
This Buddhist Life: Tsewang Rinzing
Q&A with Tsewang Rinzing, president of the Bhutan Amateur Athletic Federation
Turning to Nature to Find our True Selves
Bill Plotkin, a psychologist and wilderness guide, talks about the Buddhist connection to going into the woods to find yourself.
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