“Literature is my religion,” says Kim Stanley Robinson. “The novel is my way of making sense of things.”
How Great Vow Monastery makes mindful marimba music
Andrea Miller talks to Great Vow Monastery co-abbot Jan Chozen Bays about how her monastery attracts young people and makes mindful marimba music.
For Cary Groner, writing is like a waking dream
Cary Groner discovered Buddhism in high school and it immediately resonated with him.
There Is a Path that Frees Us from Suffering
Andrea Miller profiles insight teacher Gina Sharpe, who is working to create an inclusive sangha by facing racism in Buddhist communities.
Thank You, Pema

Andrea miller remembers her experience at a retreat with Pema Chodron.
Review: This Present Moment

Andrea Miller reviews This Present Moment, by Gary Snyder.
Book Brief: A Force For Good
The Dalai Lama began listening to the BBC as a youth in Tibet and now, at age eighty, he’s still tuning in.
Be Love Now: A Q&A with Ram Dass

Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert, helped to shape a whole generation.
Ebola Survivor Ashoka Mukpo: “I Knew I Had to Practice”

It was a big story: NBC cameraman contracts Ebola in Liberia. Ashoka Mukpo discusses his Buddhist practice and how it helped him get through Ebola.
Review: Pico Iyer explores slowing down

At age twenty-nine, Pico Iyer had an apartment on Park Avenue, a fascinating job, and the freedom to take long vacations in any corner of the globe.