Faith: Cultivating an Undivided Life

All around us, we witness the impact of clinging to preferences and holding to opinions: war, systems of racism and oppression, the climate crisis, the spin of misinformation, and the degradation of truth. What...

When we practice moving through, everything changes. We see clearly that everything we do matters. The practice we do on our meditation cushion is deeply connected to the suffering of the world around us....

When confronted with the question of action, it’s natural to turn to a formula. If you’ve seen the show “Sex Education”, you’ll remember the scene where the young protagonist nervously attempts to apply a...

In the insight tradition, we have the practice of vipassana, sometimes translated as "seeing clearly" or "super seeing". By learning to train our minds, we can more clearly identify what is and is not...

We all need to distract ourselves from our own thoughts at times, but is the distraction you have chosen a skillful one? Does it refresh your attention, restore your confidence, and lead you toward...

Here are five things you can do at the beginning of a meditation period that may help you get settled and prepare your mind for meditation.

How do we touch our earth? How do we reach out with both trust and humility? One way is a practice called “turning attention to the origin” or yoniso manasikāra . An idiomatic translation...

"What Am I Doing In Here" is a practice that connects us with the Buddha’s first talk, which came to be known as “Turning The Dharma Wheel.”

We can think of precepts as aligning with our deepest intentions, known and unknown. As we practice, our relationship to these goalposts will change, strengthen, and we gain deeper understanding of these vows.

The cultivation of generosity and morality is about bringing people to mind, developing an intent to share and protect each other. When we hold these two as a value, we begin to get curious...