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Buddhist Global Relief Announces Annual Walk to Feed the Hungry
Sparta, NJ, August 29, 2012 — Buddhist Global Relief announced today the cities and venues for its 2012 “Walk to Feed the Hungry” fundraising events. This is the third year in which Buddhist Global...
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Simple Choices
The choices in meditation cushions here are actually simple. It all comes down to a question of height and flexibility. What, for you, is the right distance between your bottom and the floor? The...
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Hope for the Holidays
During the holidays, it’s inspiring to remember our lineage forebears. One of my favorite stories features a moment between the meditation masters Chögyam Trungpa and Suzuki Roshi, two of my heroes....
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What to Do?
Lately, I’ve scrapped a few blog posts. There was one I wrote for the holidays on forgiveness–but it’s just not the right time. In another attempt I tried to follow the threads of grief and loss to...
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Cliff Dwellers
I promise, this blog is not about the fiscal cliff, slope or whatever it was. Not really. But I have to wonder, how it is we are all going to find reason in our relations with each other. By all...
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Meditation–It’s Science!
We report here on several groundbreaking new scientific studies with impressive results for those practicing mindfulness meditation. First, scientists have discovered that regular meditation sessions...
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For Men Only: A Valentine
Dear hombre, how can you be in relationship if you don’t know, well–how to be? Whether you are strutting in your Cole Haans or clumping around in Carhartts, stress leaves you hard to find and blinds...
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The Science (and not) of Meditation
There are many good reasons to meditate, some empirical, some personal. Science Scientific studies confirm: Meditation Helps. These studies track the impact of meditation on physical health and...
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The Contentment Test
This year, the Christian tradition of Lent falls during the weeks before and after the first day of spring. Lent is a time associated with purification and renunciation. While Buddhism is no stranger...
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Me Who Loathes Me: The Interview
On cold and rainy afternoon in West Barnet recently, I caught up with the Me Who Loathes Me. We shared a cup of tea and watched the clouds moving across the sky. Me: So, when was it we last got...
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Letter to Seniors: 7 Ways You Can Help
Dear Seniors, In these uncertain times, we look to our elders for wisdom and understanding. While we know you don’t intend it, sometimes you freak us out. We need you not to do that. Also, before you...
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Remembering My Self
April 1st Barnet, Vermont We remember here Acharya Michael Greenleaf, a senior teacher in Shambhala and a co-founder of the wildly successful Mukpo Institute. The Acharya’s road to revered ‘would-be...
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The True Refuge
According to my meditation teacher, to practice meditation is to be vulnerable, requiring the discipline of simplifying and slowing down. This journey takes intelligence and a willingness to...
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A Secret Shared
Tonight I have to be at the meditation center. Our little study group, all long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation, will meet at 5:30. With our teacher’s blessing, 8-10 of us are reading and...
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Meditation Practice:10 Red Flags
Some “Red Flags” that might mean it’s time to look deeper into your discipline of meditation: 1. Sitting on your meditation cushion, you give yourself only one option: feeling good. As for the other...
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How Meditation Might Improve Test Scores
Bronx, NY– In early April 2013, high school juniors and seniors taking Advanced Placement Literature and Composition at Bronx Preparatory Charter School read a New York Times article in class: “How...
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A Buddhist Institute: Students Welcome
A while back in this blog we reported on a graduation ceremony of sorts for students in a residential program of meditation and study at Karmê Chöling here in Northern Vermont. The Buddhist Institute,...
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The Reciprocity Foundation: Holistic Meditation and High-Risk Youth
The Reciprocity Foundation is an award-winning nonprofit organization based in New York City that helps homeless and foster care youth break the cycle of poverty by advancing their education and...
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Meditation: Waiting to Connect
It was 1975. My Buddhist meditation teacher was coming to NYC. I wanted to see him. I also wanted my Aunt and Uncle, who lived near my boarding school in rural PA, to be able to appreciate him as...
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Mom, Buddha and Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole’s 1943 breakaway hit Straighten Up and Fly Right is based upon a folk tale his preacher father liked to tell. In the story, a buzzard offers to take fellow animals for a ride, only to...
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