Meditation teacher Jack Kornfield explains the why and how of developing wise attention, or open awareness. Photo by Dominik Schröder. Meditation comes alive ...

It may seem like an unattainable ideal, but you can start right now as a bodhisattva-in-training. All you need is the aspiration to put others first and some ...

Photo by dominiqueb on Flickr.Recently I did a search on Google for “Buddha quotes on friendship,” and was shocked to find that the top result was a page where ...

John Tarrant demystifies Zen koan practice. Yes, it’s paradoxical, poetic, and totally personal. And so is life. Illustration by Tomi Um. The koan: The coin ...

This is the first time I’ve posted here in a while. Virtually all of my energy is going into supporting Wildmind’s community of supporters — people who make a ...

Lama Tsultrim Allione teaches you an innovative technique to turn your inner demons into friends. Illustrations by Carole Hénaff. Feeding our demons rather ...

We all have a tendency to beat ourselves up over things we did wrong in the past, or that we think that we did wrong. And so we all need to forgive ...

10 Buddhist books everyone should read, as selected by the editors of Lion’s Roar.   After the Ecstasy, the Laundryby Jack Kornfield(Bantam, 2000) According to ...

If you close your eyes and become aware of your body, can you detect your heartbeat — without touching your chest or checking your pulse?Now, can you do it ...

Thupten Jinpa teaches us two great practices to start and end every day. Illustration: Two Candles, by Gerhard Richter. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, we ...

2021 is the 21st anniversary of the launch of the Wildmind website. To celebrate, we’re giving away two albums of guided meditation MP3’s.One album is Guided ...

Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm shares his personal approach to loving-kindness meditation, also known as metta. Photo by Lydia Torre. Stage One A Warm Fire in Your ...