Best Practices for New Parents Anjali Sawhney on how to navigate the challenges of caring for a baby—and to more fully savor the joys.  The experience of nurturing a young life, entirely dependent on you (and perhaps your partner or family), is beautiful, but it also...

We’re all aware of the suffering rooted in a range of complex issues: the climate crisis, social injustices, violence, and global conflicts, to name a few. So overwhelming are these issues that our capacity to cope is limited, and we default to our habit of running...

‘You hear the words, you should understand the teaching; do not judge by your own standards.’ Sandōkai

‘If one sees the absence of thought, even in the midst of seeing, hearing, views and knowledge, one remains in emptiness and freedom from conflict.’ Shen Hui

‘So where do we learn? We learn here in this very body with its perceptions and mental activity.’ Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

‘Passing thoughts arise — that is natural, and they can bring us inspiration. But when one indulges in those passing thoughts, attaching to them, they link up into a sort of chain of hopes, fears, doubts, anxieties, views and opinions.’ Diana St Ruth