On July 13, 2024, a number of Buddhist teachers will join U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey in a free virtual event to raise support for pro-democratic action in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The virtual event, “Save Our Democracy: Compassionate...

‘Listening to a dharma talk is like walking on thin ice; you must be very focused and sincere.’ ManGong

No More Yellowface By Noel Alumit I went to college in the 1980s majoring in acting. Just as I was about to graduate, word of a new Broadway bound musical was making news. It was the latest project from Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, the creators of Les...

Mihiri Tillakaratne: Tell us about your journey toward trauma-informed yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices. Jonathan Relucio: I can’t separate my work in trauma-informed yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practice from my personal life journey. I come from a...

For years, much of my experience with Buddhism was colored by the persistent belief that Americans are too hard on ourselves and that our most salient quality is that we ignore or violate healthy boundaries in pursuit of our own egoistic goals. I heard many Buddhist...

‘A reasonably controlled lifestyle is necessary for serious practice.’ Trevor Leggett

From Tekchokling Nunnery in Boudhanath, Nepal, comes word today that Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, one of the foremost teachers in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, died on June 22. According to an email about Khenpo Rinpoche’s passing from the Marpa Network,...

‘The tongue which produces careless speech is like an axe used to kill oneself.’ Kusan Sunim

Meditation comes alive through a growing capacity to release our habitual entanglement in the stories and plans, conflicts and worries that make up the small sense of self, and to rest in awareness. In meditation we do this simply by acknowledging the moment-to-moment...