‘The self is like a puppet dancing on the strings of Karma.’ Zen Graffiti

In the middle of a New England winter, a friend of mine told me that he takes cold showers daily. “How cold?” I asked. “As cold as I can get,” he replied with a smile. The thought made me cringe. Hesitant but inspired, I began experimenting by showering in room...

Cuando Siddhartha Gautama impartió su primera enseñanza tras la iluminación, la dirigió a cinco amigos en el parque de los venados de Sarnath, no muy lejos de Benarés, en el valle del Ganges. Deseoso de transmitirles la esencia de su descubrimiento, cristalizó su...

¿Podrían hablarnos un poco de ustedes, de donde son, donde crecieron, qué tipo de budismo practican? Nakawe Cuebas: Mi sangre ancestral es puertorriqueña, Mis ancestros emigraron a Nueva York en los años 1940 y yo nací y fui criada en la ciudad de Nueva York en una...

El morado es un tono de piel popular en el lugar adonde voy. Estoy por reunirme con Jeremy Nickel, ejecutivo de Tripp, una aplicación de meditación en realidad virtual que ofrece “hipnotizantes paisajes del mundo”, “visualizaciones guiadas” y “cautivadores ejercicios...

I bought a T-shirt that says, “Aunty’s Worst Nightmare.” It’s an accurate description of me in the eyes of many traditional Sri Lankan aunties. I’ll never be an “appropriate” Sri Lankan American Buddhist. I’m unmarried and childfree by choice, I’m loud, I curse, I...

When I was eleven, I ran home on the last day of school and tore off my dress, literally popping the buttons off, feeling simultaneously guilty and liberated. I put on an old, torn pair of cutoff jean shorts, a white T-shirt, and blue Keds sneakers, and ran with my...

Having taught mindfulness for twenty years, I’ve observed that a specific type of meditation practice has dominated the field for decades—classical mindfulness. Pay attention to your breathing, and when your attention wanders, bring it back to your breath. It’s great...

May We Gather, a collective formed in response to instances of anti-Asian violence in 2020 and 2021, will commemorate the three-year memorial of the 2021 Atlanta area spa shootings with a pilgrimage and peace walk in Antioch, California on March 16. The memorial event...

I was fifteen when my friend’s dad stumped me with a riddle: “A man and his son get into a terrible car crash. The father is killed instantly, but the son is rushed to hospital where the surgeon says, ‘I can’t treat the boy. He’s my son.’ How is this possible?” Being...