From the “Jedi warrior” fantasies of an 18-year-old to the chaotic beauty of raising three children, Ryan Thompson explores how the dharma meets us exactly where we are—even when we aren’t on the cushion.
A choral conductor discovers that the lessons of music and the teachings of the Buddha were pointing to the same truth.
When the practice works! She was so prepared for a panic attack … and ended up laughing alone in rush-hour traffic when it failed to happen.
A young Turkish seeker follows his own relentless questioning into the depths of the mind, and now works to bring forth meditation in his country.
A simple wish may seem small, but this article explores how our everyday aspirations quietly shape our lives—and even the world.
A single book, a long-held dream of adventure, and a ticket to Nepal—this is the story of how an outward search for meaning became a journey inward and finding one’s inner sun.
Discover how one Armenian woman’s journey with meditation is quietly nurturing hope and community in her home country.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche explores how meeting our beautiful monsters with kindness can reconnect us to our birthright of essence love.
A lifelong, often uneasy search for truth carries Olivia across traditions, continents, and callings—until motherhood becomes the moment she finally commits, heart and body, to the path.