Warm Days and Frosty Nights
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
26 November 2025
Autumn’s unpredictable weather becomes a Buddhist lesson in letting go of fixed ideas and meeting each moment with openness
Gathering Blackberries: End of Season Reflections on Loss and Belonging
Ratnadevi
19 October 2023
BDG columnist Ratnadevi takes us blackberry picking as she contemplates the ecological and societal changes underway around and within us
Death and Decay, Birth and Rebirth: Cycles of Life in Nature and Ourselves
Sarah C. Beasley
7 August 2023
Contemplating the joy and sorrow of life transitions with equanimity and wisdom
Let Go of Suffering
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
12 November 2022
Allowing the changing seasons to present us with an opportunity to meditate on the Buddha’s teaching
Metta’s Harvest
Mettamorphsis
28 October 2022
Our loving-kindness practitioner finds herself balancing a very helpful co-worker on one side and a trouble-maker on the other
Acceptance and Autumn Leaves
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
17 October 2022
It is just a shift in perspective that moves us from suffering in the face of change and brings us to the path of wisdom and joy
A Contemplation on Symbolism
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
3 November 2021
A Buddhist perspective on the relationship between well-being and symbolism, spirituality, and contemplation
Quest for One True Thing
Sarah C. Beasley
12 October 2021
A Buddhist meditation on being in the moment as chaos swirls around us
At the Dog Park: Rejoicing in our Common Roots of Good and Evil
Nina Müller
12 October 2020
Recognizing the need for community even when we…