After years of spiritual practice, Jack Kornfield found he had emotional and relationship issues still unaddressed. Since then, he has become a pioneer in joining Buddhist meditation with Western psychology.
Homesickness is a rich and genuine thing, because it reflects the truth that whatever we admire is decaying and slipping away, even as we admire it.
Ram Dass led the baby boomers to psychedelic drugs, Eastern spirituality and social activism. Now he leads the graying boomers toward aging and sickness.
Even while we suffer, says Darlene Cohen, we can experience joy in life by opening up fully to our experience, not closing down.
Natalie Goldberg remembers down-home days bringing Zen to the Plains.
Quan Yin oversees spring. Photo by Robbi Baba.Quan Yin oversees spring. Photo by Robbi Baba. Sharon Salzberg, Barbara Rhodes, Judith Simmer-Brown & Pat O’Hara on what it means to be a woman dharma teacher and how they’d like to see Buddhism in America evolve. Discussion led by Melvin McLeod. Melvin McLeod (Editor, the Shambhala Sun): To begin with, maybe you could each […]
Psychologically, we are migrators. Going from one thing to another is what makes us happy. So do you think that all stops when you die?
The classical yoga scriptures say that yoga postures, considered to be physical preparation for sitting meditation, should be done with ease.
Dr. Nancy Harris has dedicated herself to fighting the malnutrition and preventable disease threatening Tibet’s children, seeking solutions within Tibet.
Photo by Nicola.Gretel Ehrlich walks in the footsteps of St. Francis through the Umbrian countryside and ponders the life of a saint who was “radical without bitterness, vital yet gentle, dramatic—even outrageous at times—without narcissism.”
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