The Eight Worldly Winds: Gain and Loss
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
Eight Worldly Concerns
Meditation Meditation Month 2023
The Worldly Winds
Cultivating equanimity allows us to face uncertain and changing events with respect, yet without being governed by them.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
How Meditation Failed Me
A Buddhist psychotherapist is revisited by his childhood disfluency.
Do Buddhists Have Fellow Travelers in the Stoics?
What an ancient group of ethicists can teach us about overcoming self-caused suffering
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on Pleasure and Pain
We are entering the final week of Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s Tricycle Retreat on the Eight Worldly Concerns, which we might also call the eight anxieties or “hang-ups.” This week, Jetsunma addresses the final two concerns, Pleasure…
The Art of Being Human
Everybody wants praise and nobody wants blame. Everybody wants to be thought of well and nobody wants to be thought of poorly. These characteristic human concerns preoccupy us daily and can cause a lot of anxiety…
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