Dear Otter: A Letter on Complicity and Compassion
Nina Müller
10 April 2026
How witnessing an otter’s distress triggered new insights into the psychology of compassion for the suffering of others
The Reverse Bodhisattva: Finding a Teacher in Your Worst Enemy
Ven. Tanmyeong
24 January 2026
Ven. Tanmyeong of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism shares a Dharmic parable of awakening under adverse conditions
Virtues Versus Values: Transforming and Channelling Anger and the Passions
Kassidy Evans
16 October 2024
Kassidy Evans explores how Buddhist practice and philosophical reflection can help us honor our anger without allowing it to overwhelm us
MIT Study: Practicing Mindfulness with an App Could Boost Children’s Mental Health
Raymond Lam
16 October 2023
MIT study reveals the benefits of children’s use of mindfulness apps, including increased pro-sociality and decreases in negative emotions
Sangha: The War of Awakening
Asa Hershoff
5 June 2023
BDG columnist Asa Hershoff on the foundational importance of mindfulness in our Buddhist practice and in our relationships with fellow practitioners
Compassion or Bust: How to Practice with Enemies and Negative Emotions
Sarah C. Beasley
12 April 2022
Offering a unique practice for our times to help deal with difficult people and emotions
Right Mindfulness and Vegetable Gardens
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
26 May 2021
Tending to the natural world, tending to our lives
Being Like a Mountain: What Hokusai’s The Great Wave Says About Remaining Calm in Troubled Times
Seth Shugar
12 June 2020
Investigating tsunami-sized emotions, one moment at a…
Guilt: a Hindrance or a Gift?
Nina Müller
13 February 2019
Finding the courage to examine guilt and…
Japanese Buddhist Temple Holds Fire Ritual to Purge Online Hatred
Craig Lewis
15 October 2018
Kokujo-ji seeks to stem the spread of online negativity
Navigating the Treachery of Images, Lessons from René Magritte
Seth Shugar
22 September 2018
Dealing with the negative images and memories…
“Hyphenated-American”
Rutdow Tanny Jiraprapasuke
28 December 2017
For the Buddhism in America column this month I have asked Harvard scholar and Buddhist practitioner Rutdow Tanny Jiraprapasuke to share in her own words some of