‘Awareness is a life not constrained by the relentless march of time but embraced in the vast, open space of the present.’ Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Awareness is a life not constrained.
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A Meditation for Clarifying Your Motivations for Using Tech
Your motivations for using tech can also point the way toward developing a healthier relationship with it. In today’s practice, Jay Vidyarthi guides us to identify our motivations and ways to establish more balance and intention in our tech use -- without the guilt....
How to Meditate in Bed: Start or End Your Day With This Restful Practice
Every wondered how to meditate in bed? If you want to start your day off right, or ease into sleep at night, try these meditations that you can do right in your own bed. The post How to Meditate in Bed: Start or End Your Day With This Restful Practice appeared first...
Buddhism-informed activist Mohsen Mahdawi freed after ICE detention
As ABC News and others are reporting, a federal judge called Wednesday for the release of Mohsen Mahdawi — the former president of Columbia University’s Buddhist Association and student activist who has been critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, and was detained in...
The Greatest Transformations Often Emerge from Hardship
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Viktor Frankl Life has moments that completely reshape us, often without our consent or preparation. Trauma, loss, and grief—they don’t wait until we feel ready to handle them....
Morning Meditation — From time to time, whether standing or sitting, moving or resting.
‘From time to time, whether standing or sitting, moving or resting, test whether you have lost the right spirit or not. This is the way of the true discipline of the wise and holy ones of past and present.’ Zen Master Hakuin
Mohsen Mahdawi at peace, meditating, he tells NPR in prison interview
National Public Radio has just released an exclusive new interview with Mohsen Mahdawi — the former president of Columbia University’s Buddhist Association and student activist who has been critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, and was detained in Vermont by U.S....
Morning meditation — This is where the practice really begins.
‘This is where the practice really begins.’ Ajahn Chah
How to Start Teaching Mindfulness (Even if You’re Still Learning)
Sponsored by MindfulnessExercises.com A few years ago, I was meditating in silence beneath the canopy of a forest monastery in Thailand, questioning everything. I had left my job, relationships, and most of what I knew to live as a Buddhist monk in the Ajahn Chah...
Join Our “The Wisdom of Pema Chödrön Summit” Replay Weekend
When the ground beneath you feels shaky, Pema Chödrön’s teachings offer something rare: a path that doesn’t turn away from fear, but leans in with awareness, stability, and courage. Many of us are feeling especially uncertain, afraid, and anxious right now. That’s why...