Thich Nhat Hanh on Healing Your Inner Child; How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation; The Power of Self-Compassion

 

08.05.2025

Thich Nhat Hanh on How to Heal Your Inner Child Healing the pain of our wounded child within, says Thich Nhat Hanh, is key.   How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation Melvin McLeod offers instructions for a basic seated meditation to connect with your body, breath, and mind. Chris Germer on the Power of Self-Compassion Psychologist Chris Germer explains how self-compassion can help us alleviate suffering while nurturing our psychological health and well-being. ADVERTISEMENT Buddhism A-Z: Five Precepts The five precepts of Buddhism are the foundational ethical guidelines for individuals to live a life of moral integrity, compassion, and mindfulness.   Pure Perception – How Poison Becomes Medicine This article, part of Mingyur Rinpoche’s new year-long teaching series, Blueprints of Awakening, explores how pure perception and the wisdom of buddhanature can transform even our deepest suffering into a path of liberation. Buddha Bows to Buddha In a world on fire, we need to connect with each other to care for each other. Brian Joshin Byrnes explains how practice can help us come together and recognize one another as buddha. For Subscribers: “Great Dharma Teachers: Myokei Caine-Barrett” Audio Interview In this audio interview, Lion’s Roar’s Melvin McLeod sits down with Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin – the first woman and the first Westerner to hold the position of bishop in the Nichiren Order of North America–reflects on growing up between Japanese and African American cultures, discovering Buddhism, becoming a priest, and the importance of sangha.