The Kundalini Life
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The Bardo of Illness
On a September day when I was in my forties, I lay in a Tokyo hospital, my joints aching and my skin burning hot. The routine of temperature-taking, breakfast, and doctors’ rounds hadn’t started yet, so the room was silent except for the beeping of monitors and an...
The Art of Connection
I create sculptural paintings rooted in the ancient traditions of Japanese paper-folding and ink-painting. They are born of a deep human need for connection and intimate contemplation. I invite the viewer to come closer, slow down, and explore. My studies in...
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Thay’s Continuation
When Nguyen Xuan Bao was born one hundred years ago in the ancient Vietnamese capital of Hue, his homeland was under French colonial rule. Despite the rise of a Eurocentric Catholic elite and the increasing constraints placed on Buddhist institutions and culture,...
Books in Brief: November 2026
Dreams of a White Snow Lion: The Remarkable Life, Vision, and Deeds of the Dalai Lama (Shambhala) by Mariateresa Bianca and Sherab Dhargye—running well over six hundred pages—is the definitive biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Based on the biography written in...
Social Koans
One of our tenants hasn’t paid his rent for more than six months. There has been violence and property damage to his unit. The police have been called. The other tenants have told us they don’t feel safe around him. He’s one of the residents at The Grove, the...
Too Much to Do, Too Little Time
I entered what sociologists call the sandwich generation—caring for my teenager and my aging parents simultaneously, while tending to all the rest of it: my marriage, a demanding job, a large extended family, friendships, dogs, my home, not to mention my own needs and...
Ride the Waves
My friend Omar grew up surfing here in South Orange County. He’d sworn off surfboards long ago in favor of bodysurfing, a purer form of wave-riding, to his mind—nothing between you and the sea. I wanted to learn, and he took pity on this Toledo transplant. After...
The Essential Practice Nobody Is Talking About
Right effort is the most underappreciated factor on the Buddha’s path to enlightenment. I’ve heard countless Buddhist teachers mention it and then hurry on to the more familiar and photogenic practices—mindfulness, concentration, maybe a few reverent mentions of...
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What is Kundalini? Translated as "snake" in the ancient language of Sanskrit, it represents the lifeforce energy believed to lay dormant, coiled in the spine until spiritual awakening and the enhanced connection of all seven major chakras.