Life is busy. Here’s a selection of quick meditations to work with emotional distress and foster mindfulness when time is scarce.
If you want to connect with the open, spacious quality of mind, says Willa Blythe Baker, at some point you have to stop trying to meditate.
“It’s an essential truth about life itself: suffering of one kind or another is a natural part of existence. Knowing this truth gives our lives wholeness and peace, as it frees us from the exhausting postures of pretense and denial.”
In Buddhism, compassion is embodied in the bodhisattva Kuan Yin, who is said to manifest wherever beings need help.
Who says you always have to sit in silence? Ryan Winger explains how you can bring the mind of meditation to the music you love — with friends.
Sharon Salzberg explains how to practice basic breath meditation.
Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm shares his personal approach to loving-kindness meditation, also known as metta.
When we are called upon to help in a crisis, says Kaira Jewel Lingo, we must respond. But the way we do is crucial.
Peace will only become a reality when world leaders come to negotiations with the ability to hear the suffering at the root of all conflicts.
When we dedicate our meditation to others, says Lama Palden Drolma, we make our practice more open and beneficial.
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