How to Begin Anew; Set Your Intention; Not Enlightened Yet?

 

12.29.2020

Beginning Anew Thich Nhat Hanh on how to make the meaningful ceremony of “Beginning Anew” part of your life.

How to Practice Tonglen Pema Chödrön teaches us “sending and taking,” an ancient Buddhist practice to awaken compassion. With each in-breath, we take in others’ pain. With each out-breath, we send them relief.

The Tao of Buddha In China Root, David Hinton invites the reader to reexamine Zen through its roots in Taoist teachings. Here, he takes a Taoist lens to the idea of “Buddha” itself.

Hip-Hop Wisdom Run the Jewels demands its listeners look outward as much as inward. Annaka Gale on this legendary hip-hop duo.

Set Your Intention & Rejoice in Your Day Thupten Jinpa teaches us two great practices to start and end every day.

Not Enlightened Yet? As part of our #MeditationHacks series, author and musician Miguel Chen comforts a practitioner who doesn’t seem to be getting any closer to enlightenment.

Our Traditions Can — and Must — Change Even as we uphold tradition, says Justin von Bujdoss, we also have to leave room for it to grow.