[ad_1] “If you are not living your truth, you are living a lie.” ~Joseph Curiale Her sobs break my heart. We have all been there. When the relationship starts feeling like a war-torn city as opposed to home. I close in for a hug. “You can’t go on like this,” I...

[ad_1] Pico Iyer thought he would find what is truly real by going off to a monastery, but he was really fleeing it. Dropping his spiritual romaticism, he found it in ordinary life. Pico Iyer found he could live the simple life he sought in a Japanese suburb amid fast...

[ad_1] In December, the world lost another powerful voice for love and justice, the seminal thinker and writer bell hooks. hooks made historic contributions in many fields, from feminism and race to political theory and cultural criticism, but for her it always came...

[ad_1] Hi friends. I know that many within the community are grappling with uncertainty right now—as really, we always are—and I also know how terrifying it can feel to embrace not knowing. Whether you’re dealing with health issues, unemployment, or relationship...

[ad_1] “Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it.” ~Rasheed Ogunlaru Three years ago, I fell into the blind spot of medicine: America’s unknown epidemic. After numerous tests, scans, scopes, and too many doctors to count, modern medicine could...

[ad_1] Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings were always profound and practical, showing us effective ways to apply Buddhism’s deepest insights in our own lives. Here he draws on Buddhist and modern psychology to teach us how to cultivate the habit of happiness. From the May...

[ad_1] “It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.” ~Tony Robbins Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Wow. That one takes me waaay back. All the way to the elementary school playground....

[ad_1] A report on the March 2022 youth general meetings. March is a very significant month for the youth of Soka. On March 16, 1958, 6,000 Soka Gakkai youth division members gathered with their mentor, Josei Toda, in what he called a “dress rehearsal” for...

[ad_1] Why is Guru Rinpoche, the Lotus-Born Padmasambhava, considered the second Buddha of our times? Why are Padmasambhava’s teachings more than just another teaching lineage in Buddhism? Why are Guru Rinpoche’s teachings more akin to Quantum Physics than religion?...

[ad_1] Dear Human Family,Watching the tragedy of war continue to unfold daily in Ukraine, we open our hearts to the suffering of people young and old. As an international community of Engaged Buddhism in the Plum Village tradition, we observe the war with pain and...