As it is practiced in the US today, mindfulness meditation focuses on being intensely aware, without any sort of judgment, of what one is sensing and feeling in the given moment. Mindfulness practice ...
Modern life is characterized by a fast pace and a hectic lifestyle. In such conditions, people experience constant stress, ...
Bhante Saranapala started his monastic life when he was 10 years old and has been practicing Buddhism ever since. Now 53, the Toronto-based monk leads weekly meditation sessions and monthly retreats ...
(The Conversation) — A scholar of digital religion and Buddhism argues that not all Western Buddhism practice is inauthentic. Here’s a way to know what’s real. My curiosity about the authenticity of ...
Your morning matcha might do more than wake you up. From ancient Buddhist rituals to modern wellness, Hayley Watts explores ...
Jalice May is a busy mom who works almost full-time at her church. On Sundays, she oversees the nursery during services at Tibbetts United Methodist in West Seattle. Throughout the week, she runs the ...
It’s hard to put your finger on the point when the Western stereotype of Buddhist meditation flipped. It was sometime between the 1950s, when Zen Buddhism seeped into the beat generation, and the ...
An accelerating desire for peace and quiet caused my wife and me to join a Buddhist meditation retreat hosted at a Catholic center near Kansas City after Christmas. The news wouldn’t improve after ...