Fundamentally, the practice of love begins with acceptance—the recognition that wherever we are is the appropriate place to practice, that the present moment is the appropriate time. But for so many of us, our longing to love and be loved has always been about a time...

Rev. Park is a minister in the Won Buddhist community and the Buddhist chaplain at two New York universities. I was born in 1980 in South Korea, the youngest of three children. We didn’t have any religious practices at home, but ethics and virtues, such as kindness,...

At this very moment, the earth is above you, below you, all around you, and even inside you. The earth is everywhere. You may be used to thinking of the earth as only the ground beneath your feet. But the water, the sea, the sky, and everything around us comes from...

‘Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind. You are seeing how the mind works. You are discovering how you work. That is why you are meditating.’ Diana St Ruth

Question: Deep down, I feel pretty bad about who I am as a person. When I meditate, all I connect with are my feelings of shame and guilt, and it’s pretty discouraging. What’s your advice for people like me who feel unworthy and unloved? Pilar Jennings: Most people...

‘Remember that calmness and compassion are an important part of living a fruitful, positive human life.’ Dalai Lama

La flor de loto es uno de los símbolos de iluminación más reconocibles del budismo y es importante en muchas tradiciones budistas. Según la leyenda, dondequiera que pisaba el bebé Buda, florecía una flor de loto. El famoso Sutra del Loto es uno de los textos más...

El monje budista chino del siglo IX, Linji Yixuan, dijo a sus discípulos: “Si te encuentras con Buda en el camino, mátalo”. Al escuchar estas palabras por primera vez, quedé inmediatamente intrigado. Me imaginé a un grupo de practicantes espirituales completamente...

‘Observing these changes — these never- ceasing transformations — you know that you must perish. But do you also know that when you perish, something in you does not perish with you?’ Surangama Sutra

‘In dealing with others, fairness is paramount; in self-reflection, sincerity is crucial.’ Classic of Spiritual Flight