As The Intercept, The New York Times, and other outlets are reporting, Mohsen Mahdawi — a student activist who has been critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, and is the former president of Columbia University’s Buddhist Association — was detained by immigration...

On the eightfold path, right thought, right speech, and right action all go together and cannot be separated from each other. The most important is right thought, because—as Buddhism teaches—everything starts from thought. A passage in the Dhammapada phrases it this...

‘It’s astonishing how repetitive thoughts are. Sit quietly, and you will start to see it — the same worries, cravings, resentments looping over and over. This is not a failure of meditation; it’s the mind revealing itself.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘When faced with the forces of distraction and delusion — personified in Buddhism as Mara — he didn’t try to push them away or conquer them. He simply said, ‘I know you, Mara.’ Recognition was enough to loosen their grip.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘There is something urging you to look deeper, something which seeks to be known. Don’t you see it yet?’ Harada Tangen Roshi

When I watched Outie Mark try to convince Innie Mark to give up his life so he could be reunited with his wife, I couldn’t help but wonder how different Mark Scout’s life would be if he understood the dharma. In fact, I often think about that when watching Severance,...