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A Meditation to (Gently) Interrupt Habitual Reactions

A Meditation to (Gently) Interrupt Habitual Reactions

If you find you often react without thinking, explore this practice to respond with...

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How Slow Can You Go?

How Slow Can You Go?

Experts of many varieties seem to agree: we’re moving way too fast, and we need...

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Nothing Is More Joyless than Selfishness

Nothing Is More Joyless than Selfishness

An American Buddhist monk on kindness, mindfulness, and the suffering born of self-concern...

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Three Teachings by Buddhadasa

Three Teachings by Buddhadasa

The radical conservatism of an influential 20th-century Thai monk The post Three...

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Turning Back to Place

Turning Back to Place

Environmentalist, Zen, and Indigenous teachings for overcoming rootlessness The...

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A Place to Land

A Place to Land

Dr. Willoughby Britton discusses supporting meditators in distress at Cheetah House...

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‘Offering Incense’ and Other Poems

‘Offering Incense’ and Other Poems

Four poems by the Song dynasty writer Li Qingzhao (1084–1151 CE) The post ‘Offering...

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When Your Kindness Flows Easily to Others but Not to Yourself

When Your Kindness Flows Easily to Others but Not to Yourself

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try...

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Boundaries Begin Within: A Simple Insight That Changed My Life

Boundaries Begin Within: A Simple Insight That Changed...

“I used to tolerate a lot because I didn’t want to lose people. Now I set boundaries...

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How Dry January Improved My Brain Health and My Life

How Dry January Improved My Brain Health and My Life

“You are not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better.” ~Dr. Daniel...