[ad_1] We don’t typically publish poetry on Buddha Weekly, but when Dan Brook sent this lovely, short poem, we couldn’t resist. Dan is the author of Harboring Happiness: 101 Ways to Be Happy.[1] [Editors note: Punctuation and spelling is as preferred by the author.]...

[ad_1] “Remember, being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you’re thankful for all you have.” ~Unknown I remember sitting on the New York City subway, tears streaming down my face, armed with valium and lithium along with other antidepressants that my...

[ad_1] March 7, Tokyo—Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada opened his speech at the March 6, 2022, Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, expressing deep concern over the ongoing fighting that threatens the lives of those in Ukraine. He affirmed that, as Buddhists...

[ad_1] As a child, who did you go to for protection: the parent who let you do anything and smiled while you did it, or the parent who yanked you back from the brink with a stern voice and scowl. When all is right with the world, we go to the smiling parent. When we...

[ad_1] What can an ancient Greek play show modern audiences about the circumstances nurses have found themselves in over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s a question Theater of War Productions and Dr. Cynda Rushton, professor of nursing and bioethics at...

[ad_1] Marissa Wong reflects on her experiences with alienation and community as a queer Asian American Buddhist. Growing up both Japanese and Chinese, I often felt alienated because I grew up in a majority white town. I also sometimes felt like I was on the outside...

[ad_1] Yes, it’s a strange thing to do — just sit there and do basically nothing. Yet the simple act of stopping, says Pema Chödrön, is the best way to cultivate our good qualities. Here are five ways meditation makes us better people. The mind is very wild. The human...

[ad_1] No self, no form, no goal: Thich Nhat Hanh on the truth we’re distracting ourselves from. Dualistic notions, such as birth and death, being and nonbeing, sameness and otherness, coming and going, are the foundation of all afflictions. Meditating on the three...

[ad_1] “When I recognize the pain I feel because of loss,” says Sylvia Boorstein, “I am respectful of its presence and kind to myself. And in the truth of what has ended, I see displays of what might be beginning.” It is spring in California—the seed packets and...

[ad_1] “A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and herself only.” ~Maya Angelou For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with feelings of...