While scientific methods are useful, says the Dalai Lama, mind should also be studied through rigorous observation of our own subjective experience.
Showdown at Punk Palace
It’s mindfulness versus Megadeth when Ian Prattis visits his art school son. Will hope triumph over heroin?
Meet The Three Lords of Materialism

The Lords of Form, Speech, and Mind – we think they’ll make us happy and secure, but Carolyn Gimian tells us that everything wrong with the world and our lives is their creation.
Two Sciences of Mind
Barry Boyce reports on the dialogue between cutting-edge science and Buddhism’s 2500-year study of the mind.
I Married a Monk
Sumi Loundon expects the worst when she and her boyfriend ask his Zen master for permission to marry. But a personal bodhisattva has already intervened.
Testing for God
Is life ruled by cosmic design or cause and effect? Stephen Strauss suggests that some of the answers may be found in our DNA.
Suffering’s Not the Only Story
In the midst of great personal pain and confusion, says Sylvia Boorstein, we can be alive to the momentary gaps where our minds change course.