To honor His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as he approaches his 90th birthday, Lion’s Roar and Tibet House US invite you to “The Best of the Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit” — a special free online event happening June 20–22. This weekend features some of the most...

Often, someone will ask me, “What’s Buddhism about?” I usually go straight to what are known as Buddhism’s “three seals”—the concepts of dissatisfaction, impermanence, and non-self. I’ll tell the person, “These are the structural underpinnings of Buddhism.” But that’s...

Gathas are short verses that call us to the present moment. Reciting gathas is a good way to meditate while engaged in any activity, be it sacred or mundane. Joining the breath, the mind, and the activity of the body, the practice invites us into a deep, direct...

All of us have the capacity to be happy. We have seeds of compassion, understanding, and love in us. We all have many good seeds of happiness and joy. Yet we also have the habit of running in us. This restless energy of dissatisfaction and struggle separates us from...

‘Dhammavicaya is a fascinating factor from the Seven Factors of Awakening that goes far beyond mere intellectual analysis. Direct Investigation and looking deeply into the three characteristics: Impermanence (anicca), Unsatisfactoriness (dukkha), and Non-self...

‘Notice how physical discomfort often rises up when thoughts begin to quiet down — an ache in the back, an itch, a dull heaviness in the body. It’s as if the mind, sensing its grip loosening, tries to reclaim attention through the body.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘May we all find the courage to let go of complexity, to embrace the simple, transformative power of the Dhamma, and to tread the path with clarity and compassion, trusting in the wisdom that arises from the process itself.’ Everyday Buddhist

As we live it, our practice becomes the vessel that carries us forward, and with each moment of awareness, we touch upon the truth the Buddha himself encountered under the Bodhi tree.

‘When the mind no longer seeks to position itself in relation to reality — when it no longer needs to define itself as separate or unified.’ Everyday Buddhism

On Tuesday, June 10, Upaya Zen Center in New Mexico announced that its founder and head teacher Roshi Joan Halifax would be undergoing major heart surgery that morning to repair what she said was “one leaf of my mitral valve [which] has become unmoored, and which was...