‘I would now like to refer again to this idea of the pyramid regarding morality (shila), wisdom, and meditation (or concentration). If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.’ Geshe Tashi Tsering

I was born and raised in Bangkok. Then when I was fourteen, my parents sent me to the U.S. for school. When I first arrived, I struggled to learn English and assimilate into American culture. As a teenage girl, I remember desperately wanting to fit in, walking...

Originally from Indonesia, Brother Trời Bảo Tạng (he/him) seems to have an inherent capacity to see the world beyond norms. This perspective is what drove him to become a monastic, what drew him to Zen teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Plum Village tradition—with its activist...

‘You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes.’ Kusan Sunim

Whether this election result was what you wanted or didn’t want, or decided not to participate in, beneath the ups and downs of this moment, there’s something under the surface that isn’t affected by the waves. Now, that wasn’t how I felt at 3:45 a.m. when I got up to...