In Becoming Gandhi: My Experiment Living the Mahatma’s 6 Moral Truths in Immoral Times (Sounds True), author Perry Garfinkel sets out to live like Gandhi for three years. Garfinkel, a freelance journalist, worldwide traveler, and self-proclaimed “bon vivant,” attempts...

The first time I tried walking meditation, it was with a Soto Zen group, and I fell on my face—literally. My leg had fallen asleep during zazen, and I didn’t even make it one step before I hit the ground. Not great. And when I finally got my feet under me again, the...

Mindfulness means to hold in mind. To be aware of something. To be present. According to the Buddhist analysis of mind, we’re attentive, or mindful, all the time, or at least whenever we’re conscious. It takes mindfulness to drive a car, eat lunch, talk to someone,...

“Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” -Rilke Last year as the lockdown wore on, I began to have recurring, dark thoughts that seemingly arose out of nowhere. They disturbed me to the point that I repeatedly...

‘One develops compassion for the beings in Samsara, avoids defilement and rejoices in virtue.’ Acharya Shantideva

So imprint the Buddha seal, not the human seal, upon your body and mind and penetrate this openness.

‘Be aware these five hindrances steal away virtue: restlessness and worry, aversion, sloth and torpor, attachment, and doubt.’ Arya Nagarjuna

‘Followers of the way, because you've little faith, you run about seeking your head which you think you've lost.’ Zen Master Rinzai

‘Our minds and Shakyamuni’s are inseparable — only the thoughts are different.’ Zen Graffiti

Donations are a lifeline for any non-profit organization or person in dire need. Donations make it possible for people, animals, and the environment to receive the most fundamental and life-saving help. I am well aware of the struggle that non-profits have to go...