Personal Reflections
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…
Personal Reflections Buddhist Chaplaincy
Dancing into Silence as Love
Dancer and choreographer Keely Garfield shares how her chaplaincy work in end-of-life care and trauma has taught her to embrace a practice of stillness and silence.
Awakening with a Rude Driver
A meditation teacher on countering reactive responses on the road
Who Was She?
Reflecting on the transitory nature of the self images we carry
Personal Reflections Pop Culture
‘Dragon Ball’ to Soto Zen
Struggling for a spiritual identity amid cultural and sectarian conflicts in the Middle East, a writer finds a refuge in nonattachment.
Personal Reflections Technology
What’s Buddhism Got to Do with AI?
Can Buddhist teachings serve to mitigate the harms generated by AI?
Personal Reflections Death & Dying
Zen and ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’
What Albert Camus and the absurdists can teach us about our wandering minds
Personal Reflections Relationships
There Is No Yesterday and No Tomorrow
Artist Jenny Odell on how paying attention can break us out of linear time
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Finding the Words
In his seventy-fith year, a surprising thing happened to meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein: He began writing poetry.
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