Cutting Metta’s Losses
Mettamorphsis
3 April 2024
Our loving-kindness practitioner explores the practice of pruning, both literally and metaphorically, as a way to make space for future growth
Eight Weeks of Engaged Buddhism: A Dharma Bum Temple Program
Kassidy Evans
19 March 2024
Dharma Bum Temple’s Engaged Buddhist Training Program provides an eight-week long initiative ending with refuge and vow ceremonies
The Secret of All Demons
Tiffani Gyatso
13 March 2024
Buddhist artist Tiffani Gyatso offers a meditation on the tantric path of inner spiritual practice
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Breaks Ground on “Great Love Village” in India
Craig C Lewis
2 March 2024
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation held a ground-breaking ceremony on 25 February for a new project called the Great Love Village in Bodh Gaya.
Hawai‘i Buddhist Monastery Celebrates Milestone with 75,000 Meals Donated
Justin Whitaker
29 February 2024
Generosity streams forth each Friday in the small town of Honoka’a thanks to the efforts of volunteers at the Honoka‘a Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
Mistakes Are Part of the Fun
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
28 February 2024
Sensei Alex Kakuyo contemplates spiritual growth in the face of difficulties and the limits of our knowledge
Honoring the Legacy of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh
Maia Duerr
16 February 2024
Thich Nhat Hanh’s unique ability to reach people where they are and his emphasis on Buddhism as an always-engaged practice live on as two among many of his greatest accomplishments
Buddhist Monks Fend Off Armed Thieves at Brooklyn Temple
Justin Whitaker
15 February 2024
Thai monks eventually scared off the thieves, who left with a small amount of cash and other items
Giving and Receiving
Maia Duerr
17 January 2024
A meditation on the virtue of generosity in our lives
Winter Reflections on the Nature of Refuge
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
19 December 2023
Seeing refuge in the way that we care for others around us, we can better understand the refuges that the Buddha offered us 2,600 years ago
Metta’s Small Talk
Mettamorphsis
9 November 2023
Our loving-kindness practitioner teaches us how to use small talk as a spiritual practice
Vanishing Metta
Mettamorphsis
20 October 2023
Our seasoned loving-kindness practitioner shares the joy of welcoming new life at a baby shower and the sadness of loss as a former connection disappears