Living the compassionate life; How your mind works; Who was the Buddha?

07.07.2020

Living the Compassionate Life This teaching by the Dalai Lama, who turned 85 on Monday, explains how the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and compassion lead inevitably to feelings of self-confidence and kindness.

How to Be Equanimous in a Racialized World In a tense moment on a full plane, Ruth King gets a glimpse of the inner strength of equanimity.

Who Was the Buddha? “Buddha” means “one who is awake.” The Buddha who lived 2,600 years ago was not a god. He was an ordinary person, named Siddhartha Gautama, whose profound insights inspired the world.

How Your Mind Works What is this thing we call “self”? We assemble it ourselves, according to Buddhist psychology. Gaylon Ferguson breaks down the five-step process of ego development.

All Beings Liberating, Together, At Once Judy Roitman unpacks the Mahayana vision. “The essence of this vision,” she says, “is a universe in which time and space are flexible, and in which beings are neither separate nor dissolved in each other.”

I Want to Tell You About Coming Apart and Struggling Through Depression A moving account by Susan Moon of her journey back from depression, and how her Buddhist practice both helped and hindered her.

How to Practice Wise Intention Regularly remind yourself of your intentions, advises Sylvia Boorstein. It’s the key to keeping your life on target.