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Books in Brief: November 2025
Wise effort is an essential element of the Buddhist eightfold path; it means letting go of harmful habits and cultivating positive, productive ones. In Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most (Sounds True), Diana Hill, PhD, combines this...
You Are Not Broken
A few years ago, I was invited to teach mindfulness meditation to a group of software engineers at a multinational tech company. The company hoped mindfulness would reduce their coders’ stress levels, and it sounded like it could be of some benefit. But when I met...
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Morning meditation — There is no need to have any special attitude.
‘There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking tea except one of thankfulness.’ Popchong Sunim
How to Practice Lucid Dreaming
You know that magical moment when you wake up within a dream and know you’re dreaming? That’s lucid dreaming. It’s a skill you can develop and a beneficial meditation practice you can do. A nonlucid dream is a distracted dream, a mindless dream, a forgotten dream—you...
Morning Meditation — With thoughts clear, sitting silently.
'With thoughts clear, sitting silently, wander into the centre of the circle of wonder. This is how you must penetrate and study.' Hongzhi Zhengjue
Ask the Teachers: Why can’t I perceive bodhisattvas or deities?
Question: Buddhism says that there are all kinds of beings out there—buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities—but I can’t perceive them. Is there something wrong with me? How do I work with this discrepancy? What do I need to do to be able to feel or perceive them? What will it...
Ask the Teachers: How do we determine what is true dharma?
Question: Buddhism was an oral tradition for hundreds of years, and many of the earliest writings were lost centuries ago. If we can’t have 100 percent certainty about what the Buddha actually taught—and it seems that we can’t—how do we determine what is the true...
Morning meditation — Whoever perceives that all characteristics.
‘Whoever perceives that all characteristics are in fact no-characteristics perceives the Tathagata.’ Diamond Sutra. Bassui Tokushō
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What is Kundalini? Translated as "snake" in the ancient language of Sanskrit, it represents the lifeforce energy believed to lay dormant, coiled in the spine until spiritual awakening and the enhanced connection of all seven major chakras.