Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche’s advice for time management: organize your schedule, let go of distractions, and make a clear aspiration to practice.
How to Have A Successful Buddhist Retreat Experience
Christine Skarda’s advice for a successful meditation retreat .
Commentary: Why We Need to Know Our Buddhist History
Rita Gross explains why it is important for our practice to understand the history of Buddhist movements.
Medicate or Meditate?
Four physicians and long-term meditators explain why both antidepressants can have an important role to play in treating depression.
Forum: You Mean I’m Going to Die Too?
Jan Chozen Bays, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and Frank Ostaseski explore how to face aging and death with an open and fearless mind. Introduction by Judy Lief.
The Magical Illusion of Self
For the meditator who sees things as they really are, explains the late Mahasi Sayadaw, there is no “I” or “being”—only mental and physical phenomena coming together in the present moment.
No Turning Back
Christine Skarda’s investigations into the nature of perception drew her out of the research laboratory and onto the meditation cushion.
Is Buddhism Really Scientific?
Francisca Cho reviews “Buddhism & Science: A Guide for the Perplexed” by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Book Briefs – Spring 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Spring 2009 issue of Buddhadharma magazine.
Profile: Khyentse Foundation
Andrea Miller profiles the Khyentse Foundation.