Not Preferring Samsara or Nirvana
On the power of ritual and holding both the sadness of the human condition and the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun
Teachings
Learning from the Precepts
A Theravada monk and the abbot of Wat Metta on using Buddhism’s foundational moral guidelines as training rules to better know the mind
Keeping a Space for Stillness
In this Dharma Talk, scholar and meditation teacher Sarah Shaw explains the importance of seclusion and stillness for reaching the deep meditative state of jhana.
The Courage to Lose
In this Dharma Talk, Sensei Dhara Kowal shows us that Zen is the simple practice of experiencing each moment directly, just as it is—not how we want it to be.
Landing on One’s Feet in the Void
Bhikkhu Bodhi on what we can learn from historical tales of rapid enlightenment
The Groundless Ground
A Nichiren dharma teacher on Buddhism’s view of dharmakaya
Holding Your Pain
A practice for meeting suffering with loving awareness
Turning Our Thoughts to the Dharma
In Vajrayana Buddhism, the preliminaries train our minds so we can begin to practice.
Touching the Earth
A Zen teacher revisits the story of the Buddha’s awakening and what it can teach us about our interconnectedness with the Earth.
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