Theodore Roszak, the author of many books of the essential 60’s tome, has died at age 77 after ongoing illness.
On “Hoarders” and our relationship with “stuff”
Rod Meade Sperry looks at the lessons we can draw from the tv show Hoarders about detrimental attachment to “stuff”.
This is Your Brain on Mindfulness
Meditators say their practice fundamentally changes the way they experience life. Michael Baime reports on the neuroscience behind this.
Inside the Shamatha Project

Adeline Van Waning takes us inside a groundbreaking study that explores the effects of meditation on the brain and one’s overall well-being.
Do science and Buddhism agree on the idea of character?
Alan Brush finds a scientific discussion of “character” that closely parallels the Buddhist conception of aggregates.
Mindfulness for dogs? Preliminary study findings are promising
April Primmero reports that scientific findings reveal some potential for mindfulness receptivity in our favorite canine friends.
You Don’t See Me
Polly Young-Eisenbrath explains how early relationships set us up to fail as couples, but with mindfulness and equanimity we can find love.
Barry Boyce announces MINDFUL and MINDFUL.ORG, new from the Shambhala Sun Foundation
Barry Boyce announces the new special print publication, Mindful, as well as a companion website, Mindful.org
Mindfulness and the cessation of suffering: An exclusive new interview with mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn
Danny Fisher interviews Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn about his mindfulness-based stress reduction as “Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism”.
Allan Badiner talks American Buddhism and Psychedelics
An interview with writer and activist Allan Badiner on the relationship between Buddhism and psychadelics in America.