lovingkindness practice

Try a little tenderness

About three weeks ago I embarked on a 40 day spiritual programme. It's a simple thing really –- daily reading,…

September 16, 2010

Buddhist Vihara offers metta meditation as solution for nightmares

Pujitha Kuruwita, Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina: Anula would shiver, scream and wake-up in cold sweats from her nightmares every…

August 16, 2010

That misery called meditation

Robert Wright, the New York Times online columnist and author of The Evolution of God, is pretty much what you'd…

June 27, 2010

Focus is key when training aging brains

Games geared toward working out the brain can improve cognitive functioning from middle age on. Most of us now know…

May 26, 2010

“Unconditional Confidence,” by Pema Chödrön

Is unconditional confidence possible? Famed meditation and dharma teacher Pema Chödrön argues that it is, says Vicky Matthews, and that…

March 2, 2010

Learning to love ourselves

It happens so often among spiritually-minded people. We give our all to love and care for others, and yet when…

February 22, 2010

“29 Gifts” by Cami Walker

Diagnosed with MS at age 32, Cami Walker thought her life was over. But when she took up a challenge…

December 28, 2009

“Self, meditating,” by Robert Wright

New York Times: This Friday I’m heading up to rural Massachusetts in hopes of getting born again — again. Six…

August 20, 2009

“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

Auntie Suvanna: Breaking up, the Buddhist way

Dear Auntie, I only recently decided to become a Buddhist, so I'm still trying to work out how best to…

March 27, 2009