A contemplation on clouds, impermanence, and keeping an open mind, along with some exercises to try.
The author contemplates what it is like to uncover the beliefs that form a false sense of security, and shares how, as a seasoned Buddhist practitioner, she develops greater openness to what is true.
A medical emergency gives the author a chance to apply a teaching by the Buddhist master Shantideva.
A Buddhist teaching in a 70s TV show? Looking back over half a lifetime through the lens of the Four Reminders.
A contemplation on the power of art and creativity, and even language itself, to express and signify what is essential and unnameable.
We’ve stocked up on toilet paper and grocery staples, and figured out how to stay in touch with our communities via Zoom. Like after a death loss, we are left with the question “now what?” We wonder when, and how, things will change in the post-pandemic “new normal.” We are fearful and anxious, with more questions than answers.
