Present-day psychological research confirms that mindfulness can ease our suffering. Simply being aware of our actual experiencing,...

Often the most important thing we can do in any difficulty is surrender. To surrender means to allow the situation to be just as it is,...

To love someone means first of all to be present to that person, to see them as really there, existing in their individual, distinctive,...

When you wake up in the morning, do you find yourself running through all the things you need to do and accomplish that day? When you...

According to the insight of the Buddha, we are not at all what we seem. Like everything else in the universe, we are impermanent, a...

The key to taking care of our emotions is to change how we relate to them. Often, well-meaning people will tell us to simply “put it out...

Meditation is a state of relaxed attention. It is a natural state characterized by production of alpha waves in the brain, and similar to...

The essence of walking meditation is to walk so that you enjoy the walking, aware of your breathing and of each step, unencumbered by...

On retreat with a famous Zen master, we listened carefully when someone asked him: How long should I meditate? The answer was not in...

To make peaceful steps on the earth. To sit with serenity. To do each thing with clear awareness. To take my time. To live fully in...