
Ideas

According to meditation teacher Oren Jay Sofer, rest and curiosity can empower radical acts of resistance.

Sangha in the Age of Long COVID
Buddhist spaces relaxing their COVID safety measures brought relief to many, but for chronically ill or immunocompromised practitioners, those changes also brought risk.

The Magic of the New Saint
Lama Rod Owens on the power of surrendering to the agenda of liberation

Read Me!
Right speech meets the comments section

A Non-Buddhist Argument for Animal Liberation
A philosophical treatise dissects intra-Buddhism’s conflicting views on eating meat

Metamorphosis
There are seeds for a better future everywhere, if we know where to look.

Why Should I Appreciate Life?
Practicing gratitude is not easy, but according to Maezumi Roshi and Friedrich Nietzsche, loving our fate is essential.

Remnants of Devotion
Once central to Japanese Buddhist families, many butsudan, or home shrines, now collect dust in temple basements.

Stuck in Stories
With practice, we can rewrite them.

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