Stillness
Mindfulness is noticingstillness, how the ink on my paper has more than one color of black and feelsfluid as silk. It’s noticing … Read More “Stillness”
Author: Teahouse
Founded in 1995 in Vancouver and based in Hong Kong since 2006, BDG is a multimedia platform providing English-language content on Buddhist teachings, arts, and culture. We accomplish this through features, commentary, and news on the BDG website, as well as publications and other channels.
The Life Waiting for Us (For Joseph Campbell)
You are not living unless youhave at least one crisis beforebreakfast. The crisis of adventure. The crisis of receiving supernatural aid. The … Read More “The Life Waiting for Us (For Joseph Campbell)”
A Pandemic of Hope
As fast as the virus and then some, Love is spreading. In the hands of doctors and nurses, it spreads. Through the central … Read More “A Pandemic of Hope”
Chi
It felt like cupping a shapelessbubble, delicate as a stolen Robin’s egg,yet weightless and resting in nothingness. I should have known … Read More “Chi”
Full of Noise
the call often comes when we refuse it.On some mornings it comes as an orange sitting ripe on the table.
The Call
comes when you are waitingfor the shower and disinfection,and when you reach the bottom of the sinkwithout clothes, shoes, or … Read More “The Call”
What I Have Faith In
The bending of starlightand my next breath, givenunto me as the heart is givenunto the chest. Or the summer moon … Read More “What I Have Faith In”
International Women’s Day: Inspiring Freedom
By Stella Roos Peters 8 March 2020 was International Women’s Day, on which women made their voices heard around the … Read More “International Women’s Day: Inspiring Freedom”
COVID-19: A Moment of Awakening for the World
By Tsering Namgyal Tsering Namgyal, a Buddhistdoor Global columnist, is the author of The Tibetan Suitcase: A Novel. He was … Read More “COVID-19: A Moment of Awakening for the World”
Ebola
There is respectand there is that snot dripping, wrist shaking,stuttering, knees buckling, heart pounding, eyelid swelling, tears pouring, speechlessrespect. The kind I have for health … Read More “Ebola”