Managing the unsustainable pressures and expectations of modern life

Finding balance in daily life

Coping with change through Buddhist mindfulness

The final part of Sister Ocean's examination of the ten paramis

What is your mantra going to be?

Master Sheng Yen's innovations in Chan Buddhism

The first in a special series introducing Chan Buddhist concepts

The transformative impact of Dharma on living and on art

Parts of this story I have told many times to friends and to strangers, both. It gives me much pleasure to recall it and to share a little, again.   How I found the Dharma . . .   My dr

In some countries in Asia Buddhism still takes the form that it has assumed for well over a thousand years. Due to its long-standing tradition, many people believe that as a religion it has always bee

Perspectives from Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Pema Chödrön, and more

Like. Share. Retweet. Pin it.   Social media has infiltrated the lives of just about everyone who has a solid internet connection and time to casually rendezvous over the mighty World Wide Web. Gone a

Mindfulness is an ancient technique used in many meditative religious traditions, and has inspired an entire industry in the fields of health and psychology. It is now very popular among modern physio

As I climbed up the stairs leading towards the summit of Temple of the Golden Mount at Wat Saket on that hot sunny May morning of Vesak in Bangkok, my mind drifted back over what had brought me here.