“When we come close to the end of our life, what’s really important makes itself known.”...Dying can teach us to appreciate that everything is always changing...
"Buddhism gives a person a feeling like being a wave in the ocean rather than feel like one's life is an isolated phenomenon,”
New Year’s challenge for the mind: Make this the year that you quiet all those negative thoughts swirling around your brain...[New York Times]
Cleaning consciously your home can be an opportunity to clear your mind, strengthen your concentration, meditate while moving with a mindfulness attitude and even grow spiritually. How to clear your mind cleaning?
Anger is a strong emotion. It can feel overwhelming at times. Learning how to deal with strong emotions — without losing control — is part of becoming more mature. It takes a little effort, a little practice, and a little patience, but you can get there if you want to.
For people .who have been raised in religions other than Buddhism, you’ll know that once you adopt this way of life, everything changes..
We are who we are, but I would trade my body! [Laughs.] Anybody would, you know? But I don’t think anybody would trade their mind. I think that life is cumulative...
For as long as our good feelings for others are conditional upon their treating us well, our love will be weak and unstable and we shall not be able to transform it into universal love.
Happiness and wellbeing are related, but they’re not the same thing. There are no clearly defined links between them. Teenagers can be happy because of some of the things that make up wellbeing, but they don’t need all these things to be happy.
Psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher Gina Biegel explains what practices work best with young adults (and if you should even try to make them put down their smartphone).
Want to friend your teens? No, not on Facebook, but in real life. The good news is that by following a few rules, you can be your kids' BFF — and still be an awesome parent.
Are you looking for more calm satisfying experience with you daily life?
Simple, profound truths are the realm of this Buddhist nun. Her message? The gift of happiness truly lies within our own hearts and minds...
“Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.” ~Eckhart Tolle
Rather than feeling discouraged by laziness, we could get to know laziness profoundly. This very moment of laziness becomes our personal teacher.
Alan Wallace, a world-renowned author and Buddhist scholar trained by the Dalai Lama, and Sean Carroll, a world-renowned theoretical physicist and best-selling author, discuss the nature of reality from spiritual and scientific viewpoints. Their dialogue is mediated by theoretical physicist and author Marcelo Gleiser, director of Dartmouth’s Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement.
Mingyur Rinpoche talks about the panic attacks that he experienced as a child and how he used compassion and calm-abiding meditation to free himself from anxiety.
Happiness is something we’d all like to feel no matter what’s going on. But how to be a basically happy person, able to deal with whatever happens in life? Here are some Buddhist tips:
Kenneth Kraft, Professor emeritus of Buddhist studies at Lehigh University; author of books on Zen and engaged Buddhism...
People often visit Japan’s Buddhist temples for their stately architecture and Zen gardens. But there is a whole other realm of natural art to be found inside—or rather, on—these historic temple walls.
In 2018, the future will be both present and projected from the past at the Rubin Museum of Art, with a new exhibition that tells the story of the legendary Indian master Padmasambhava...
The statue commonly known as Kamakura Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kamakura), a colossal copper image of Amida-butsu (Amitabha Buddha), is the principle image of Kotoku-in.
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