Willa Blythe Baker offers nine pieces of advice for women who find themselves in secret relationships with their teachers.
Karma: The Choice Is Yours
There are two ways to understand dependent origination, teaches Ajahn Buddhadasa. But only one leads to liberation.
Buddhist author George Saunders wins Man Booker Prize for “Lincoln in the Bardo”
Saunders’ novel is based on the idea of bardo, the Tibetan Buddhist concept of a state between death and life.
How to Move Forward Once You’ve Hit Bottom
Pema Chodron tells the story of when, having hit rock bottom, she asked her teacher what to do.
Pema Chödrön and Jack Kornfield talk “The Wondrous Path of Difficulties”
Photo by Christine Alicino.A conversation with Pema Chödrön and Jack Kornfield, moderated by Michael Krasny, about the everyday difficulties that provoke us, reveal our habitual patterns, and ultimately transform us.
“Lincoln in the Bardo” is not your usual ghost story
We talk to George Saunders about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which blurs the line between the living and the dead. Lincoln in the Bardo, by renowned American short story writer (and Buddhist) George Saunders, is surely the first major novel to use the Tibetan word bardo in the title. The […]
Preparing to Die
Death is a journey into the unknown. Like any journey, it goes better if you’re prepared. Here are teachings from Tibetan Buddhism to help.
The Scene of the Accident
Photo by Charles Wagner.In moments of shock we might find that we are suddenly free of our habitual ways of perceiving. These are moments when we might readily tap into our inherent goodness.
Why Thai Buddhist activist Sulak Sivaraksa could go to jail over a history lesson
Sivaraksa, 85, could face 15 years in prison because he suggested that a 16th-century elephant battle might not have really happened.
Zen-informed musician Tyshawn Sorey wins $625,000 “Genius Grant”
Tyshawn Sorey performing in Brooklyn, NY, 2014. Photo by Steve Pisano, via Feast of Music.“It’s the biggest honor I’ve ever received in my life,” Sorey told the Hartford Courant. “I’m still processing it.”









