Why Letting Go Isn’t the Same as Giving Up
Kassidy Evans
30 June 2026
Kassidy Evans explores how we can master the Buddha’s “bow and arrow” motif while still taking responsibility for those we care about
Beginner’s Mind: An Economy Built Through Cetana and Care
Wallace Browning
27 June 2026
A college student in the United States considers how a Buddhist approach to economics could bring about a more caring, equitable society.
Beginner’s Mind: Cultivating Collective Cetanā through AI De-biasing
Carter Kawaguchi
5 May 2026
A college student in the United States considers how AI de-biasing, reframed through Buddhist concepts of collective intention, might offer a path toward more equitable outcomes.
Remember Mr. White
Linda Leaming
10 February 2026
Linda Leaming offers a meditation on compassion and courage in the face of suffering and impermanence
Loving the Work
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
25 June 2025
Sensei Alex Kakuyo teaches us that in our Buddhist practice, as in garden work, the goal must be the practice itself
The Common Western Understanding of Karma
Kassidy Evans
17 April 2024
By unraveling some of the mistaken views of karma that many people hold, Kassidy Evans helps us see more clearly how karma works in Buddhism and in our lives
Perfections and Imperfections on the Noble Path
Prof. David Dale Holmes
11 March 2024
Prof. David Dale Holmes considers what it means to embark on the Buddha’s path to liberation
Layered Simplicity: Guiding Ideas for Creative Makers and Meditators, Part Two
Ratnadevi
20 July 2023
Mindfulness teacher and artist Ratnadevi offers gentle guidance for all who struggle with the creative or artistic process
Living a Life without Purpose
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
23 November 2021
Shifting from worldly purpose to living the bodhisattva vows
On Slugs and Karma
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
18 June 2021
Confronting the karma of killing as an inescapable part of life
Arahants With Taints Destroyed
Prof. David Dale Holmes
6 May 2019
Unraveling the knotted network of false views
Relationship Comes First: On Caring for our Hindrances
Sister Ocean
21 July 2017
There is a classical teaching from the Buddha on the Five Hindrances* that also provides instruction on how to overcome our own hindrances. I was