Prayer

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Praying Together, Apart

Buddhist and other religious leaders pray together from a safe distance in Japan, a translation project offers sutras for emotional resilience, and Thai temples face food shortages. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week…

By Emily DeMaioNewton and Karen Jensen

May 02, 2020

MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings

Say a Little Prayer

Reaching beyond our limits, we make practice real.

By Ken McLeod

Summer 2020

TeachingsMagazine | Feature

The Places We Go to Be Here

A former Zen monastic considers what makes a space sacred.

By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

Summer 2020

Tibetan Buddhism

Prayer Without Blind Faith

There’s no need to pray to anything. If done from a settled mind, what we are praying for arises naturally.

By Ken McLeod

Dec 10, 2018

CultureMagazine | Art, Reviews

A Diversity of Voices

James Webb’s Prayer uses recordings of vocal worship to transcend boundaries.

By Sheila Burt

Winter 2018

Teachings Vajrayana

Let Mind Nature Be Your Guru through Mystical Devotion

An esoteric song traces the path from outward faith to a direct experience of knowing itself.

By Ken McLeod

Feb 09, 2018

MeditationMagazine | Feature

Where the Thinking Stops

How prayer can put us in touch with something that is infinitely greater than we are—that is, mind itself

By Ken McLeod

Winter 2016

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature

Buddhism’s Higher Power

Is there a place for prayer in our practice? For this practitioner, the answer is an unequivocal yes—and a place for God, too.

By Hannah Tennant-Moore

Spring 2016

tibetan monks in prayer for article by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

TeachingsMagazine | Special Section

Prayer: Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

A Tibetan master explains that using deities in prayer is a method intended to eliminate duality.

By Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

Spring 2000

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Prayer

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Praying Together, Apart

Say a Little Prayer

The Places We Go to Be Here

Prayer Without Blind Faith

A Diversity of Voices

Let Mind Nature Be Your Guru through Mystical Devotion

Where the Thinking Stops

Buddhism’s Higher Power

Prayer: Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

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