If a bull goes straight when the herd is crossing a road, then they will all go straight because he leads the way. The same among people. If the one w...
Waylon Lewis | Posted 12.31.2008 | Green
So what can you do, if you're concerned 1) about being truly happy inside and 2) helping everyone else and the outside world to be happy and healthy?
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 12.24.2008 | Living
Let's just say that I grew up thinking that while Jesus was a suffering member of my tribe I was not supposed to worship; Buddha taught us that "Life as we know it ultimately leads to suffering." You see, I couldn't win.
Michael Sigman | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living
Before God created match.com, single people used to get fixed up by their friends. That way, in addition to romantic disappointment when it didn't work out, you could be mad at your friend too.
Wendy Block | Posted 12.22.2008 | Style
This year, my normally fruitless efforts to find good fruitcake finally paid off with a sturdy confection whose cherry/pecan/cake ratio is nearly perfect.
Michael Sigman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living
The agitated mind, if allowed to fully run its course without suppression of any thought or emotion, may simply exhaust itself and give up, revealing an underlying, more equanimous state.
Waylon Lewis | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living
Get thee to an eco meditation cushion, if only for a few minutes each morning before the day's madness ensues, and if you need a jump-start of inspiration or a little training, check out one of these Buddhist teachers.
Peter Clothier | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media
Obama's not even in the Oval Office yet. The media are running around like a bunch of chickens, clucking wildly about those things they don't know and those things they do.
Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.30.2008 | Style
I had gone to India as so many had, to find a spiritual teacher, to find a meditation method -- really to find myself. It became my spiritual home. For years I couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
Noah Levine | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living
I came to this path and perspective from a place of deep confusion and great suffering. These teachings are not theoretical or philosophical to me; th...
Michael Sigman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living
It's foolish (and counter-productive) to constantly pursue pleasure as an end in itself. Happiness, they say, is a by-product of satisfying work.
Noah Levine | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living
Against the Stream is more than just another blog about Buddhism. It is a manifesto and field guide for the front lines of the revolution. It is the c...
Michael Sigman | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living
John McCain and Sarah Palin have sunk to a new low. So where's John Lennon's instant karma when we need it most?
NY Times | Perry Garfinkel | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living
A BLOCK off Grant Avenue in San Francisco's Chinatown -- beyond the well-worn path tourists take past souvenir shops, restaurants and a dive saloon ca...
Phillip Moffitt | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living
Wholesome desires are those energetic feelings that arise from non-grasping love, compassion, and empathy toward others. However, even wholesome desire can lead to unskillful acts and to all manner of suffering if it becomes an obsession.
AP | YUVRAJ ACHARYA | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living
KATMANDU, Nepal — Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appoint...
AP | YUVRAJ ACHARYA | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living
KATMANDU, Nepal — Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appoint...
RJ Eskow | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
These election years are especially challenging: One candidate plays dirty, the other occasionally disappoints, and the media rig the game. It seemed like a good idea to ask some Buddhists for guidance.
Guardian.co.uk | Miranda Hodgson | Posted 08.04.2008 | Living
When I was 18, I was able to escape the limitations of suburbia by going to Harvard to read English. I loved it there - studying, writing, and running...
Robert Thurman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living
For global survival, they must not repeat the mistakes of previous empires and superpowers, but turn to a new concept of power, a global meshing of mutual enlightened self-interests.
Larry Gellman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living
Last week was Aspen at its best. On Monday we got to hear King Abdullah of Jordan and a few days later I participated in a three-day symposium that featured His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Susan Sawyers | Posted 07.28.2008 | Living
During his visit to Aspen, Sogyal Rinpoche noted "What I have discovered... is how Buddhist practices such as meditation and compassion, can revolutionize the way we work, and act in the world."
Kay Goldstein | Posted 07.10.2008 | Living
At this time in our world, we have infinite choices and opportunities to learn. Indeed, many things can become our "religion" - our work, our food habits, even our Pilates class.
Sharon Salzberg | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living
On a wintry day just before the New York State Democratic primary, I was volunteering for Senator Obama's campaign, and was assigned to stand alongsid...
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Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living