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Twenty-five years of Wildmind

Today, the 11th day of November, 2025, is Wildmind's 25th birthday! It's the 25th anniversary of the first day that…

November 11, 2025

10+ Genuine Buddha quotes on friendship

Recently I did a search on Google for "Buddha quotes on friendship," and was shocked to find that the top…

August 9, 2021

Bringing accountability to your practice

I'm just getting over a bad habit relating to meditation that's plagued me for over thirty years. It was reading…

April 16, 2014

Who you hang out with can affect your mental health, for good or for bad

One of the things the Buddha stressed very strongly in his teachings was being careful who we choose to spend…

April 22, 2013

Meditation is not enough

Meditation is a cool means of transformation, and essential as part of our practice, but the Buddha offered much, much…

October 10, 2012

“The Yogi’s Joy,” by Sangharakshita

How would you feel if your teacher burned your book collection? A new book by Sangharakshita highlights a challenging friendship…

June 11, 2010

The art of ditching old friends, and of finding new ones

What do you do when you find you've changed -- but your friends haven't? Bodhipaksa recounts how he found himself…

May 17, 2010

“Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With” by Gaylon Ferguson

A new book by Gaylon Ferguson argues that the biggest obstacle to natural wakefulness is the materialism that has us…

May 13, 2009

Wildmind’s top ten blog posts of 2008

It's been a busy year. We've redesigned the site, reorganized our news section, and added many hundreds of new posts…

December 31, 2008

Elizabeth Appell: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”

I sometimes think that my life has proceeded by way of a series of breakdowns and reconstructions. Such episodes haven't…

July 24, 2008