A surprising conversation about being black and Buddhist in America with award-winning writer Charles Johnson, interviewed by John Malkin.
The Practice and Philosophy of the Buddhist Path
Photo by Julio Marquez.Once you understand, through study, what the Buddha is saying about his own awakening, you are already within the fiery process of the path.
Go With the Flow

You’re mostly made of water, says Cyndi Lee, so why not act that way?
If I’m Lucky They Call Me Unorthodox
An interview with Vajra Master/filmmaker Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche about what it’s like for a traditional Buddhist teacher to also be a filmmaker.
Change of Heart
Photo by Manu Schwendener.“My heart riffs through a repertory of responses before I can think,” says Sylvia Boorstein. But she doesn’t mind—she’s glad to have a responsive heart.
An Uncommon Lama
Noa Jones reports from the set of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s new film, Travellers & Magicians, where both obstacles and blessings abound.
Jonathan Schell on the Choice We Face

The world faces a critical choice: whether to use military power or nonviolent political means to resolve our affairs. Jonathan Schell on this choice.
That Problematic “Self”
In the fourth and final post in his series on the Buddhist concept of “self,” Dr. Reginald Ray talks about how we maintain our “self” and therefore suffer.
A Dalai Lama Treasury
Photo by Christopher Michel.A survey of a wide range of teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual teacher and moral exemplar, on topics from the personal to the political.
The Five-Minute Yogi
“A complete yoga practice involves forward bending, twisting, backward bending, side bending, inverting, breath awareness, resting and meditation.”







