I've been depressed a few times in my life, but only once has it ever got so bad that I…
Karma is one of the most misunderstood Buddhist teachings. Often people think of karma as some kind of external, impersonal…
When I'm talking with people about the Buddhist teaching of non-self (anatta) they often say things like, "But how can…
For social psychologist and psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, creativity wasn't necessarily about bringing something — a poem, a symphony, a sculpture…
"There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control," wrote…
In the Path of Freedom, a 1st century meditation manual that I've mentioned a few times because it's the earliest…
"Perhaps everything terrifying is deep down a helpless thing that needs our help," Rainer Maria Rilke wrote to a friend…
Mary Wollstonecraft's words encapsulate perfectly something I've long held, which is that the Buddhist view of greed, hatred, and delusion…
As well as keeping things going at Wildmind, I run a site called "Fake Buddha Quotes," where I explore some…
So I was walking to the office the other day, when something rather lovely happened. Before I say what that…