Beyond Time with Bach and the Dharma

A choral conductor discovers that the lessons of music and the teachings of the Buddha were pointing to the same truth.

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Musings on Panic, Anxiety, and Practice

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.

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Vision for Rinpoche’s Teachings in Turkey

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.

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Aspiration: The Practice of Making a Wish

A simple wish may seem small, but this article explores how our everyday aspirations quietly shape our lives—and even the world.

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How I Rediscovered My Inner Sun

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.

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A Deep Wish for Lasting Peace in Armenia

Discover how one Armenian woman’s journey with meditation is quietly nurturing hope and community in her home country.

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Beautiful Monsters: Befriending Our Feeling World

Tsoknyi Rinpoche explores how meeting our beautiful monsters with kindness can reconnect us to our birthright of essence love.

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Following the Pull Toward Truth

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.

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Lessons Learned from the Doggy

She asked for a dog and received a wild-hearted teacher who challenged comfort, routines, and the limits of patience and presence.

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A Homecoming I Didn’t Know I Was Seeking

Chan Tse Chueen recounts a journey from cautious curiosity to wholehearted engagement with the dharma.

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