The author celebrates three benefits of taking time for retreat, whether at home or in the midst of daily life.
The author examines how engaging in socio-political liberation, through investigating internalized patterns of oppression and privilege, can contribute to one’s spiritual liberation.
The author shares how she applies Buddhist teachings on suffering as a way of working with her chronic pain, and offers an exercise for dealing with physical pain.
When I first heard “Be kind to yourself” I thought, “That sounds right.” But just agreeing didn’t stop my habitual grinding pace at work.
A contemplation on clouds, impermanence, and keeping an open mind, along with some exercises to try.
The ḍākinī Niguma’s Vajra Lines of Self-Arising Mahāmudrā presents four flaws that make it difficult to recognize mind’s nature. The main practice of Mahāmudrā is to allow these four flaws to be free in themselves.
