The author has an unexpected experience of “joyful diligence” during a medical test, and offers a contemplative exercise for coming back to the present moment during everyday activities.
The parent of four grown children shares treasured advice from his Buddhist teachers about raising kids with an attitude of “beginner’s mind.”
The author contemplates the meaning of devotion in the context of volunteer work and examines obstacles such as procrastination.
Using Nalandabodhi’s tool of inquiry for transforming interpersonal conflict, the author unpacks long-held painful patterns in the context of practicing self-compassion.
Taking inspiration from a song by the great Tibetan yogi Milarepa, the author contemplates the fluidity of life experience and offers a meditative exercise for loosening the habit of mental fixation.
