Playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie teaches self-expression centered in the body and the moment. Theater, he says, is all about “the vividness of now.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn: The Man Who Prescribes the Medicine of the Moment
Barry Boyce profiles Jon Kabat-Zinn, whose mindfulness stress reduction program has brought the benefits of meditation practice to thousands of people.
Only The Lonely
When Meg Federico helped start up a program for lonely older people and their caregivers, she didn’t know what she was getting into.
Searching for the Heart of Compassion
Marc Ian Barasch searches our society for compassion in action, compassionate people, and ways to find the compassion inside himself.
Letting It Really Sink In
Advice from four prominent Buddhist teachers on opening up to the dharma so it really changes your life. Interviews by Trish Deitch Rohrer.
Niutou’s Song of Mind: A Commentary by Sheng Yen
Teachings at a meditation retreat by the renowned Chan Master Sheng Yen on stanzas one through five of the Chinese classic Song of Mind.
Quintessence of Compassion
From her book Sacred Voices, Sandra Scales offers a selection of portraits and teachings by some of the great Nyingma masters of our time.
Daughter Time
The time of childhood is going to go fast. I’m doing what I can to slow it down. There’s still time for me to learn some of what they see and know and feel.
God is Big These Days
God is Big These Days–very big–and thus there is no rest for Karen Armstrong, one of the world’s most authoritative commentators on religious issues.
Now That I Am Old and Have the Words for It
The renowned novelist Maxine Hong Kingston talks for the first time about the place of Buddhism in her work and life, and “the Chinese Religion.”








