‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’ Kusan Sunim

‘We see the insights we encounter not as ends in themselves but as part of a greater awakening — a path that leads to the unfolding of compassion, wisdom, and liberation.’ Everyday Buddhism

Most of us have experienced some form of trauma. If trauma is understood as something that happened to us without our consent, then nearly everyone has encountered it. Studies show that over 70 percent of people in the United States have experienced at least one major...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most beautiful of them all? The evil queen in Snow White craved constant reassurance of her perfection and could not bear it when the mirror named someone even more lovely. Though this fairy tale was recorded by the Brothers Grimm...

There are days when I feel like I’m drowning in it all—the endless scroll of news, the pressure to stay connected, the constant stimulation that comes with wanting to show up for those needing care. As someone who lives at the intersection of being Black, queer, and...

My Buddhism and my career have always been intertwined. I became a Buddhist sitting in front of a bank of police radios in the newsroom of the old Montreal Star, where I was a junior police reporter. I opened a book on Buddhism I had happened to buy and felt an...