Riding the waves of post-lockdown elation in Liverpool with loving-kindness

From guest to loving-kindness-radiating host, our columnist explores a new role in life

The shared experience of life and death

On the return leg of the Gonsaikunda trek, centered on the famous Gosaikunda Lake in the Langtang National Park in Nepal, I was attracted by a range of mountains to the northwest of Kathmandu. Asking

In the mid-1990s, I spent a year as a volunteer at Zen Hospice Project’s (ZHP) Guest House in downtown San Francisco, helping the four resident patients one day a week. During that time, I learn

The incredible achievements of the Norbulingka Institute

Rick was a hardscrabble kid from Indiana who came to Zen Hospice Project’s (ZHP) four-patient guest house in downtown San Francisco with AIDS. He was not yet 20. I’d been volunteering

Being present with terminally ill people will teach you a lot. It’s a powerful mindfulness practice to maintain an accepting awareness of the sights, sounds, smells and emotions that arise. Many

Zhen Ru Chan Monastery Cloud Abode Mountain Jiangsi Province China 2012 Thursday, 8th November I woke up in a cold, simple but clean room to the sound of heavy rain at 3.45 as my alarm clock went o

Original Chinese text: KK Li Translation and English editing: Raymond Lam I have joined the Intercultural Dialogue Trip to Turkey organized by the Centre of Buddhist Studi

Writer Christine Arpita works closely with Pema Choling to improve the lives and opportunities of nuns in Bhutan.  It is 4:45 a.m. and the bell sounds for morning practice in the temple area.  Eve