Buddhism and Sports: The Art of Mindful Performance
Kassidy Evans
16 June 2025
Kassidy Evans looks back on her love for competitive sports and how it can be both enriched and balanced by Buddhist practice
Buddhist Monks Cheer on Tennis Star and Meditator Novak Djokovic
Justin Whitaker
12 July 2022
Djokovic, a Christian, finds the calm of the Thai temple and meditation practice to be of benefit to his game and his life
Buddhistdoor View: Winning Mental Health
Buddhistdoor Global
6 August 2021
Why inner well-being is the true victory
Games
John Harvey Negru
13 July 2020
Examining games as a way to see deeper into our human…
Former Buddhist Monk Credits Meditation for Golf Success
Justin Whitaker
14 January 2020
Two weeks of ordained life offered lifelong lessons to the…
Buddhistdoor View: Virtues Beyond Just Good Entertainment at the World Cup
Buddhistdoor Global
6 July 2018
Positive lessons from the World Cup and the…
The Spiritual Side of Celebrities: Tiger Woods on Losing and Finding Buddhism
Naushin Ahmed
15 August 2014
The name “Eldrick Tont Woods” probably doesn’t ring a bell in anyone’s mind, even though it’s the given name of a modern-day legend. Add in a
Golfing Meditation: Part 2
Dr. Robert Law
1 November 2011
Your Putt Watching golf tournaments on the television, you would have noticed that even golf professionals would miss some apparently simple putts. For the average
Golfing Meditation: Part 1
Dr. Robert Law
1 November 2011
Golfing Meditation Almost all great golf players in the world consult sport psychologists at one time or another. Many, in fact, have an in-house sport
Is There a Place for Contact Sports in Buddhism?
Alastair Gornall
1 October 2010
Wherever we are in the world it is often impossible to escape hearing about sport. Whether it is about the highs and lows of the