


A Reminder of the Power of Grounding
The vital force connecting us to all earthly existence

Self-driving Cars and an Age-old Buddhist Moral Dilemma
Emotional cultivation in a technological world

Inner-fire Meditation with Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche
Insights into primordial wisdom

Arahants With Taints Destroyed
Unraveling the knotted network of false views

Dalai Lama Presides Over Global Launch of Emory’s SEE Learning Program in New Delhi
Three-day event stresses the importance of ethics in…

Overcoming Obstacles to Mindfulness Practice
Introducing a new column onBringing Mindfulness…

Going to “the Place that Nobody Wants to Go:” Pema Chödrön and Moana
Confronting our inner demons

Perception and Reaction – Embracing Hard Truths
We are disturbed not by things,but by the views we take of things.Epictetus, The Encheiridion

Fearlessness and Climate Change: A Better Way to Be in a Suffering World
In 2007, I took a multi-year sabbatical from my career as an environmental professional and set sail on a 15,000-nautical-mile ocean voyage in a small

Accumulating Trash: How to Keep Our Minds From Becoming a Garbage Dump
The vibrant city of Hong Kong is often depicted as a concrete jungle, with countless tiny apartments stacked high and a crazy, hectic pace of

Thelma’s Grudge: A Lesson in Compassion
In the mid-1990s, I spent a year as a volunteer at Zen Hospice Project’s (ZHP) Guest House in downtown San Francisco, helping the four resident