This picture was taken from the 30th floor of the UN Millennium Hotel in New York City, where a couple Tricyclers were fortunate enough to get together with Karen Armstrong, a historian of religion and recent…

Stem cells are vital to the health of a human body, and scientists are now finding that meditation might increase a body’s stem cell count. In On Being‘s recent program “Stem Cells, Untold Stories,” Krista Tippett…

Joanna Macy is interviewed by Krista Tippett this week on Being (formerly Speaking of Faith). Macy is a Buddhist scholar, philosopher of ecology, and a translator of Rilke. During the interview they use Rilke’s poetry to…