Metta’s Tree Medicine
Mettamorphsis
31 January 2023
Our Living Metta columnist offers insights into her path to meditation as she concludes another period of practicing loving-kindness in daily life
Life Is Not Useful
Tiffani Gyatso
9 January 2023
A Buddhist perspective on living mindfully, living sustainably, and living in touch with nature
What Is Your Role in These Times of Crisis?
Satya Robyn
28 December 2022
Inviting each of us to check in with our hearts and ask what we can do in these perilous times
Buddhist Voices in the Climate Crisis: RAINING – A Meditation to Harness the Energy of our Difficult Feelings
Ratnadevi
9 December 2022
Using meditation to allow ourselves to fully feel our emotions as the climate crisis threatens to overwhelm us
Let Go of Suffering
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
12 November 2022
Allowing the changing seasons to present us with an opportunity to meditate on the Buddha’s teaching
Meaning, Part Two
Ratnadevi
11 November 2022
A meditation on Buddhist practice as a source of meaning and relevance in a society saturated with consumerism
The Meaning of Mandalas
Tiffani Gyatso
21 September 2022
A meditation on creation and creativity expressed in the mandala of primordial wisdom
Calm
Ratnadevi
16 September 2022
Contemplating the many ways we can create inner calm and stillness in an increasingly busy world
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche on Biodiversity Conservation and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Sonam Dema
22 August 2022
A conversation on the Buddhist view on biodiversity, respect for wildlife, and ecological conservation
From Alena to Yushu, Part 1: How I Found My Way to Shugendo
Alena Eckelmann
15 August 2022
Alena describes her path into Shugendo and her training and experiences as a Shugendo practitioner
The Grapes of Metta
Mettamorphsis
2 August 2022
Seeing how the hard work of growing food is much like that of our Buddhist practice
Oceans’ Rise – Swirling Messages from Dream and Imaginal Realms
Sarah C. Beasley
28 July 2022
Reflections on Earth Day and nature’s ability to bring us to worlds beyond words