The Buddha, who had lived a sheltered life of luxury as the young prince Siddhartha, was called to his initiation at the age of 29 when he first left the palace and trave...read full story
Meet Tenzing Norbu (“Ten” for short), an ex-Buddhist monk who dreamed of becoming a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. So when he was sent to Los Angeles to teach me...read full story
Meditation is a practice that makes it possible to cultivate and develop certain basic positive human qualities in the same way as other forms of training make it possibl...read full story
The Law of Karma refers to the relationship between actions and their results, to the idea that taking skillful or wise action will bring about positive results. In Twelv...read full story
Every religion teaches the importance of forgiveness, whether in the form of turning the other cheek in Christianity or the Buddhist practice of sending loving-kindness t...read full story
To heal ourselves and others, we need information. We need to get to the bottom—to the root cause—of our illnesses and pain, whether it’s physical, emot...read full story
ALTHOUGH ZEN MASTERS NEVER heard of the word meme, becoming aware of our memes—the embedded mental programs that shape our thinking—is the essence of the Zen discipline. ...read full story
