Prof. Michael Sheehy’s workshop on Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices brought a unique teaching style to ancient techniques of meditative insight
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Eye on Southeast Asia: The Soul of Borobudur and the Mandala of Chakravartin, with Hendrick Tanuwidjaja
Hendrick Tanuwidjaja, mindfulness teacher, fitness coach, and Shingon lay priest discusses the ideal of the wheel-turning monarch in an Indonesian context
A Meditative Smile in a Dark Place: Learning the Dharma in a Bolivian Prison
Liliana Arias Romero’s BDE article on teaching meditation inside a Bolivian women’s prison
Maintaining a peaceful mind in a troubled world
Sajib Barua looks at how the Buddha advised on the global crises of today, from economic crises to military conflict
Present, Everywhere and Always: Plum Village Takes Thich Nhat Hanh’s Message to Hong Kong’s Buses
On the move: an intiative by Plum Village in Hong Kong to commemorate Thich Nhat Hanh’s legacy
Meditation & Awakening are Precious, Natural Resources for Facing Climate Crisis
BDG contributor Sarah C. Beasley discusses meditation and awakening to the climate crisis
Nurturing Narratives
Not long after the death of my grandfather (爷爷/爺爺), my family resumed its familiar tradition. When both my grandparents were alive, my parents, my sister and me would be regularly treated to dinner at their home, where we’d enjoy the familial and communal experience of eating together and watching television. The stark difference now was […]
The Parable of the Vessel
In his memoir, Vessel (Pínáng / 筏喩), Cai Chongda (蔡崇達) describes the tough-love advice given to him by his great-grandmother (太姥爷 / 太婆): “Your body’s a vessel. If you wait on it to do something, there’s no hope for you. If you put your body to work, you can start to live.” Those words made […]