Our home, the Earth, is on fire while we seek diversion in mundane pleasures

Building a spiritual practice on a solid foundation

Reflections on change and impermanence

Learning from hardship

Finding freedom in khanti, the sixth parami

Accepting impermanence and treasuring the now

The dangers of using monasticism as a social safety net

Part one of a reflection about the First Noble Truth

As a child, I remember hearing about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The story I heard was that one day as Rosa was on her way home, tired after a long day at work, she refused to give up h

Suffering—we are all familiar with this term

Editor's note: Sister Ocean is a Canadian nun ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition. She practices in France and blogs about mindfulness practice in daily life on Buddhistdoor International. We beg

Applying the Buddhist Four Truths to climate change

Part of the Meditative Praxis Interview series   “To know yourself, know your enemy.” This is not a military axiom, but a historical reality that Professor Eli Franco emphasized in hi

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008. The 6th century BC, the period of rigorous religious search after ‘what is good’