The spiritual enquiries of an American Buddhist scholar

The transformative impact of Dharma on living and on art

Heather Sanche on parenthood and dukkha

Learning Buddhist chaplaincy at Harvard Divinity School

How to prepare a living and play space for a young child

The theory and practice of ground tantra and blessing

Giving American children a Buddhist education

While my husband and I waited for the birth of our daughter nine months ago, I spent much of my pregnancy contemplating how I would incorporate my aspirations as a mother, nearly 20 years’ experience

At 9,000 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, surrounded by long-haired hippies chanting, praying, singing, smoking marijuana, ringing bells, and waving vajras, I was born. Although my parents were

In the early 1990s, when my family first moved to England from India, we settled in the city of Birmingham. Birmingham grew to prominence during the Industrial Revolution, and became home to Jaguar ca

“Uprooting all confusion from your mind, Stay with me here in rest and quiet. At this very moment the fear of death is full upon you; You are thinking, ‘Safety lies on the far side of the

“A Pad Yatra is not only a physical journey, but also an inner journey of transformation.” - Pad Yatra website   An age-old tradition that is similar to a pilgrimage, the Pad Yatra is said to have ori

Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto   The old pond a frog jumps in kerplunk    Matsuo Basho’s (1644–94) haiku—that mind-altering frog vanishing into an ancient pond—has become so deeply sc

Nepal is one of the most sought after destinations whether for pilgrimage or tourism. In February 2012, when I was studying at the University of Pune in India, staff from the Department of Pali arrang