A cup of tea or coffee is a nice break. Drinking it mindfully is a real break. Joseph Emet teaches us this five-step practice.
Mindfulness and the Buddha’s Eightfold Path
To understand how to practice mindfulness in daily life, says Gaylon Ferguson, we have to look at all eight steps of the Buddha’s noble eightfold path.
Let It Slide
Tens of times a day, Diana Winston’s two-year-old daughter helps her practice letting go.
This Moment Is Perfect
There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free.
How Meditation Saved My Mind
Sometimes we’re committed to our meditation practice and sometimes we drift away. No matter what, Matthew Kohut believes we can always find our way home to the cushion.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Mindfulness, Work, and Deepening Your Practice with Beth Wallace
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features our own Beth Wallace, a certified mindfulness teacher and longtime practitioner of the dharma.
More Truth, Less Suffering
Anushka Fernandopulle on how mindfulness reduces the suffering caused by our collective sense of separation.
We Always Have Joy
The sun doesn’t stop shining just because there are clouds in the sky. Our buddhanature is always present and available, even in difficulty.
Why Mindfulness Isn’t Enough
Scholar Sarah Shaw explains why mindfulness must work together with ethics, compassion, and wisdom — in Buddhism and in life.
Don’t I Know You?
When we overlook the strangers among us, we miss the chance to connect to people as they are, free of the usual ways we judge them.