What if the conflicts that fracture us could become the gold that mends us? In this deeply personal reflection, Emilda Rahim offers a meditative journey through the pain of disconnection toward healing, clarity, and quiet transformation.
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Ever found yourself starting something over and over again—only to realize each beginning brought you a little closer to home? In this honest and richly textured reflection, Alex Welte traces a winding path through science, spirituality, and personal struggle to the quiet power of returning—again and again—to the path of dharma.
In the midst of her mother’s devastating illness, Masha discovers unexpected gems of compassion, creativity, and presence.
Maura Peglar reflects on her lifelong spiritual journey, from childhood curiosity to a deep engagement with Tibetan Buddhism, guided by various teachers and personal experiences of loss and transformation.
Like riding a bike without training wheels for the first time, a simple teaching from Mingyur Rinpoche unlocked a path of freedom, carrying one meditator across continents, through crisis, and into the heart of awareness—where teaching others became the greatest joy of all.
A student shares about her experience going through the Exploring Buddhism (Abhidharma) transmission.
As a university student, Aadam Sherazi believed a fresh start would be the key to happiness — that new experiences and achievements would finally make life feel complete. But along the way, he discovered that lasting contentment doesn’t come from the outside world.
What happens when the pressure to perform becomes too much for a young athlete to bear? This personal story reveals how the unexpected gift of meditation transformed not just a high jumper’s performance, but the entire course of his life.
After overcoming self-doubt and joining the Meditation Teacher Program, Mark O’Donaghue is helping those behind prison walls by sharing the radical message that everyone — even those society has forgotten — is already whole, complete, and inherently good.
In this reflection, Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to reconnect with Mother Earth—not only as our source of life, but also as a powerful teacher of impermanence, resilience, and interdependence. Through his own story of witnessing glacial retreat in the Himalayas, he offers a message of hope: even small efforts can create lasting impact.
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