enlightenment

On radical honesty and agnosticism concerning rebirth

This morning I had an email from Sheila, one of our newsletter subscribers. She'd shared the article called "The Buddha's…

May 3, 2014

Enlightenment meets Enlightenment: Finding the Buddha in the secular west

Dr. Arnie Kozak, beliefnet: I recently gave a talk at the University of Vermont College of Medicine called “Beyond Stress…

December 6, 2013

Absolute cooperation with the inevitable

The modern-day mystic and Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello once said: “Enlightenment is absolute cooperation with the inevitable.” This statement…

October 24, 2013

Four ways to shake up your meditation practice

Last month I wrote about how sometimes your meditation practice may seem to be going nowhere, and how that's OK.…

October 15, 2013

Why meditation isn’t the main thing in my life

Given that I'm a meditation teacher and the author of a good number of books and audiobooks on meditation, you…

September 3, 2013

“There Is No God and He Is Always with You,” by Brad Warner

Brad Warner is an unconventional American Zen teacher, who seems sincerely to believe that he has found God, that God…

August 27, 2013

“May all beings dwell in peace”: A guided meditation (Day 91)

This meditation is a recording of a Hangout I did on Google+ with members of Wildmind's community. It's an upekkha…

July 12, 2013

Enlightenment….

Noah Shachtman, Wired: Chade-Meng Tan is perched on a chair, his lanky body folded into a half-lotus position. “Close your…

June 18, 2013

Inner truth: Gender equality in Buddhism

Daisaku Ikeda, India.com: The Lotus Sutra teaches that all living beings possess the world of Buddhahood. There is not even…

April 29, 2013

“For here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.” (Day 9)

Yesterday I discussed what "well" means when we say "May you be well." It's not as straightforward as "physical health."…

April 20, 2013