Metta Bagged Up
Mettamorphsis
6 January 2026
Through helping a grieving friend declutter her home, our loving-kindness practitioner explores how metta guides us in deciding what to keep, release, and give away
From Ignorance to Insight: The 12 Links of Business Decline and Rebirth
Michael Martin
30 December 2025
Michael Martin explores the 12 links of dependent origination as a metaphorical framework for understanding business decline and renewal
Mockery and Mastery: The Bodhisattva’s Lessons on Emotional Balance
Margaret Meloni, PhD
22 December 2025
Margaret Meloni highlights valuable lessons in equanimity and emotional fortitude from a story of one of the Buddha’s past lives
Learning to Take Refuge
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
22 December 2025
A winter morning of snow, animals, and tea becomes a quiet reflection on the Buddhist practice of taking refuge and actively building shelter from suffering
The Only Thing Left Is Magic
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
29 November 2025
Nachaya Campbell-Allen ponders the paradoxes of existence and impermanence, and the ways we seek meaning in the unfolding mystery
Tibetan Monks of Gaden Shartse Conclude Colorado Visit with Sand Mandala Dissolution
Justin Whitaker
27 November 2025
The Tibetan monastics shared culture, raised funds for their monastery’s new school, and completed a traditional mandala dissolution at the Animas River
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
Together in Grief: A Buddhist Guide to Offering and Asking for Support in Times of Loss
Margaret Meloni, PhD
17 November 2025
Margaret Meloni considers skillful approaches to managing our relationship with loss and grief
Notice the Beauty in the Present Moment
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
30 October 2025
A homesteader’s meditation on the changing seasons and the Noble Eightfold Path’s call to wake up to the beauty that’s already here
How Do We Mourn Someone We Didn’t Like? A Gentle Philosophical Inquiry
Margaret Meloni, PhD
20 October 2025
Facing impermanence and complex emotions with mindfulness and self-compassion
Guarding the Senses: Lessons from the Tortoise
Margaret Meloni, PhD
19 September 2025
Drawing on the Pali Canon, Margaret Meloni explores the importance of protecting ourselves from distractions and cultivating inner peace in the face of life’s vicissitudes
Tired of Overthinking? Try Not Thinking About Yourself
Kassidy Evans
16 September 2025
How meditating on maitri and committing to helping others can give perspective and clear the mind of self-centric overthinking