
Environment

How accepting death as part of the life cycle can help us cultivate greater peace and accountability

The Zen Rancher
Taking the oxherding pictures literally

Recovering ‘Wasted Prayers’
Talking with Bhutanese multidisciplinary artist and community organizer Asha Kama Wangdi

Culinary Compassion on the Buddhist Path
A scholar-practitioner explores conflicting stances on eating meat across Buddhist traditions

CultureMagazine | Film, Reviews
Sacred Waste
Documenting the conundrum of religious waste

Personal Reflections Environment
Why Trees Are the Ultimate Meditation Teachers
In Buddhism, trees have long been recognized as living things worthy of recognition and protection.

The Buddha as a Farmer
How the farming culture of the Buddha’s day may have shaped his ideas on patience

No Time To Lose
We have to accept the reality that climate change is already here and learn to live in our new world—a world on fire.

Zen Mind, Vegetal Mind
Reflections on Buddhist practice and plant science

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