Metta’s Back
Mettamorphsis
14 May 2024
Our loving-kindness practitioner embarks on a Goenka-style Vipassana retreat and realizes that it is time for a new direction in her practice
Beginner’s Mind: Part of the Ocean: On Buddhism and Islam
Aisha Shams
26 March 2024
A US college student examines some of the confluences of Buddhism and Islam, and how this has shaped her personal practice
Taking in the Good: The Art of Turning Small Pleasures into Lasting Happiness
Ratnadevi
30 December 2023
Exploring the ways that mindfulness, attention, and gratitude can shift our mindset onto a path of happiness
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
Caring for the Caregivers
Jacqueline Kramer
11 May 2023
Caregivers sustain all of us and deserve our support in every way we can imagine
The Buddha’s Teaching: Permission to Be Ourselves
Satya Robyn
2 March 2023
Contemplating the space between Buddhist activism and community building
The Extraordinary Gift of Impermanence
Satya Robyn
17 January 2023
BDG columnist Satya Robyn guides us through the impermanence of all things, large and small, on a path to gratitude
Won Buddhism’s Turtle Chart
Grace Song
14 December 2022
On the development of a 20th century doctrinal chart in Won Buddhism
Metta Carries Wood, Mops Water
Mettamorphsis
23 November 2022
Allowing loving-kindness practice to lead the way to joyful communal work and clearing paths
Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhists Celebrate Life in Connecticut
Justin Whitaker
7 October 2022
Founded by refugees from Vietnam, the Buddhist temple has provided religious practice and community for those in need for over four decades
Gratitude
Ratnadevi
21 July 2022
This simple yet powerful practice helps us to let go of our egoic self and recognize our deep interconnectedness with all around us
Funereal Reflections on Nurturing
Ratnadevi
14 June 2022
An ode of appreciation to a mother and a remembrance of her life of music lived through difficult times