For the fiftieth anniversary of Francis Story’s death, Randy Rosenthal looks back at the life and work of the lesser-known Buddhist thinker
A Friendly Guide to the Heart Sutra, One of Buddhism’s Key Texts
It’s one of Buddhism’s most famous texts and, to be honest, it can be confounding: the Heart Sutra seeks to cut our usual dualistic thinking at the root.
Cultivating the Carefree Self: The Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Enjoy this introduction to the teachings and meditations of Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
Consciousness Is Perfectly Clear
An excerpt from “Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 2: The Mind” on Buddhist understandings of consciousness.
59 Ways to Turn Your Mind Around
The way to bodhicitta, the mind of compassion, is marked by the fifty-nine lojong slogans. Gaylon Ferguson points us in the right direction.
There Is No Hinayana
In his new book, “Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions,” Bhikkhu Analayo investigates some of the ways we as Buddhists have deluded ourselves about the “other.”
Are We In a Global Rite of Passage?
Roshi Joan Halifax on whether this pandemic might lead us to new possibilities and more meaningful connections with each other.
My Grandmother’s Hands: Resmaa Menakem and Pamela Ayo Yetunde in Conversation
Menakem discusses the practices and insights shared in his NYT bestseller, “My Grandmother’s Hands.”
The Root of Zen: An Interview with David Hinton
Randy Rosenthal interviews the award-winning translator, whose new book, “China Root,” goes deep into the Taoist origins of Chan (Zen).
Welcome to the Charnel Ground
Chöying Khandro takes us on a tour of Chöd, where we visit the places we don’t want to go and offer ourselves up to the things that frighten us the most.