Priya Kumari brings the joy of Vesak around the world to children in an inspiring volume masterfully illustrated by Urvashi Dubey
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Rhythm of Liberation: Amitofo Care Centre’s Lesotho Campus
A Buddhist orphanage’s campus in the African kingdom is transforming the lives of its children from kindergarten to senior high
Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi Sakya on Motherhood and Marriage: Embodying Love
An extended conversation with Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi Sakya on everything important to her, from her social work to her family
Back to School: Integrating Refugee Children in New Communities
When children are forced to leave their home because of the ravages of war, they do not just need a physically safe environment, where they can grow up in peace. They need psychological support, oft-times trauma recovery, and validation and recognition of the struggles they have gone through. Such validation can be integrated into a […]
Love amidst Dislocation: Metta on the Move
There were children fleeing broken countries with their families long before the current Ukraine crisis. The estimated total of displaced children on the move globally is 50 million: a staggering number, each statistic a fearful child taking extreme risks for the chance of a better life. (American Psychological Association) The ancient Metta Sutta is famous […]
Displaced Dharma: Ukraine’s Crisis of Refugee Children
There are few experiences more distressing and traumatizing than being forced to leave home, and to flee somewhere, anywhere, that may offer physical safety from war. The endless calculations involved are exhausting: whether it is worth putting loved ones in further danger, fears of if the journey can be endured, and the sense of uncertainty […]
Dr. Lyudmila Klasanova’s “Do You Want to Try? Yoga for Kids”
I am absolutely delighted to introduce a new book by our East Europe Correspondent, Lyudmila. This book is for children, but it is also a wonderful introduction for parents seeking an engaging and vivid way to introduce the ancient art of yoga to their kids. Yoga is in and of itself fun and fascinating, but […]
Nature’s Deadly Wake-Up Call!
In this new series with Bro. Ananda Kumaraseri, we’ll explore the Buddhist teachings in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Bro. Kumaraseri will focus on how we can reorient our thinking to one of authentic Buddhist liberation, so that we are no longer constrained by old assumptions and biases that are hurting our chances […]
How Children See
Children see melodies crackling, jumping, stretching,crowding, living like hummingbird bones taking offfrom a cage of suet. They see corn, millet, oats, and sunflowers, devouredinto the bloodstream, racingdown the arteries of a secret language, a communication flooding the transcendent, and the soft distance of headlights, as she waitsfor him to come back. Children see storm cloudsand distant planets, the tendons of […]
What the Mind Describes
Like a thrown out first draft in a book, the young do not need to belong. They just do or don’t. And the dreams of the young are keptin mildewed cardboard boxes full of meritbadges and plastic trophies from Little League. Egg shell colored. They screech like a leaking faucet. The young are young because they do not […]