Loss is part of democracy, just as grief is part of life. The bitter truth is that in democratic societies we take it in turns to lose and win. But boy, does it hurt when our political hopes are dashed. How can we sit in peace as cherished values and rights are...

‘By relinquishing attachment and seeing things as they truly are, we can free ourselves from the cycle of craving and dissatisfaction.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘Followers of the way, Buddha appeared in the world, turned the wheel of Dharma, and then entered Nirvana.’ Zen Master Rinzai

‘Whether people are happy or sad, content or discontent, doesn’t really depend on their having little or having much, it depends on wisdom.’ Ajahn Chah

‘How do we practise non-clinging? We do it simply by giving up clinging. It can be very difficult to understand non-clinging, however. It takes a keen wisdom to investigate it, to really see the depth of it, and then to see the wisdom of it.’ Ajahn Chah

I love my routines.   Each morning while it is dark, I fluff my meditation cushion, bow, and sit down. I count my breaths, become distracted, and return to the breath. When I’m finished meditating, I get up, bow to my cushion, bow away from my cushion, and step into...

Believe in Possibility by Ira Sukrungruang A few days before my son, Bodhi, was born, a man entered a nightclub in Orlando and extinguished forty-nine lives. I shut down. I couldn’t bear to hear about another shooting, another bombing, another death. I suffocated. I...

‘When we consider the Three Marks of Existence—Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering), and Anattā (not-self)—we see that these insights do not merely describe metaphysical truths about the world; they are calls to a transformation in how we live.’ Everyday...

We are in the now, already present. But trauma keeps us from remembering this. As human beings, we are part of the conditioned world, and thus dukkha (suffering) arises. Trauma manifests when we feel like we’ve reached our maximum capacity for dukkha and this feeling...

‘When we relinquish the need for intellectual certainty, we open ourselves to the vastness of reality, which can never be fully grasped by the mind.’ Everyday Buddhism