After an ICE agent shot Renee Good through the side window of her car at point-blank range, I found myself in the streets again to protest the growing violence of ICE in my hometown of Minneapolis. For weeks, we had been rapidly organizing in solidarity with Black and...

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” ~Buddha There are seasons when life feels stripped of joy, when hope seems far away, unreachable, or unreal. Seasons when you wake up already exhausted, and it feels like there’s...

Metta meditation is not a magical spell you can cast on the population of the U.S. in order to produce a state of utopian bliss. It is not a cure-all for oppression and the unequal distribution of power and privilege. Metta meditation doesn’t work like that. It’s...

‘In the practice of the Buddha’s teachings, we come to realise that the various elements of the path — generosity, skilful living, patience, energy, concentration, wisdom — are not separate steps but interconnected facets of the same jewel.’ Everyday Buddhism

Since October, a group of Buddhist monks has been making headlines with their “Walk for Peace,” a long-distance pilgrimage across the United States from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. The group is walking “to raise awareness of peace, loving kindness, and...

“You are not responsible for other people’s emotional reactions.” ~Susan Forward This morning, in our usual rush and routine heading to school, my son was looking for something, as per usual. I calmly asked what he was doing, and he snapped at me. That’s not uncommon....

‘Don't let your mind get too tense or too inwardly concentrated; let your senses be naturally at ease, balanced between tension and relaxation.’ Words of my Perfect Teacher

‘Wisdom of Awakening is inherent in everyone It's because of the delusion under which our mind works that we fail to realise it ourselves.’ Hui Neng

‘In the Deer Park, the Buddha’s first audience consisted of five ascetics—his former companions who had abandoned him when he renounced the path of extreme austerity. Initially sceptical of his newfound insights, they were won over by the clarity and depth of his...