Metta Stirs It Up
Mettamorphsis
7 June 2023
A loving-kindness practitioner brings her wisdom to a new farm, finding new stirrings of compassion and growth
Metta Had a Little Lamb
Mettamorphsis
4 April 2023
A deep practice of loving-kindness meets new life and new challenges on a British sheep farm during lambing season
Metta’s Long Corridor
Mettamorphsis
14 March 2023
Our living metta columnist shares another journey in on-the-ground meditation practice in offering loving-kindness to those around her
Beginner’s Mind: Self-Compassion: Learning to Hear Myself
Surya Anna Bromley
27 February 2023
A US college student confronts impermanence, and explores compassionate responses to attachment and aversion
How the Magic Works
Satya Robyn
14 February 2023
Satya Robyn explores those moments of compassion and wisdom that can arise spontaneously in our relationships with others
Drafty Windows
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
27 January 2023
Sensei Alex Kakuyo brings Buddhist practice and ethics down to earth
Things Are Awful, Things Are Getting Worse
Satya Robyn
8 November 2022
As another round of climate talks begins and we have seen so many promises broken, how might we find a core of light and good in the world?
Young Voices: Finding Comfort in Not-Knowing
Loulou Sloss
26 October 2022
An American high school student reflects on encounters with the Buddhadharma and the kindness found therein
On Not Going Gently
Satya Robyn
10 October 2022
How writing a new book on being gentle can actually make life more difficult
Manual Labor and the Bodhisattva Vows
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
20 September 2022
Discovering that the deepest practice can be done in all of the ordinary moments of our lives
Young Voices: Unraveling from Expectations
Lesley Tan
27 August 2022
Buddhist wisdom helps an American high school student reframe her perception of education and the pressures of social expectations
Beginner’s Mind: Take Action, but Do It Kindly
Claudia Zhang
13 July 2022
A reflection on Buddhist economics