by James Crews
This is an essay that looks at the circuitous path I took–from the high desert of Oregon to Saint Louis, Missouri to Bogota, Colombia–toward understanding the work of teaching and the importance of bringing mindfulness into the classroom.
by Sarah Lipton
Working is a perpetual process, and no matter what my job is, my task as a meditator is to continually come back and be present with whatever is before me. Even if my work is interrupted.
by Sophia Aguiñaga
A recap of how the wear and tear of extensive customer service work can slowly but surely be transformed into compassion and love for both the worker and the customers being served.
by Rik Polfliet
It’s a personal aspiration prayer that I wrote in a flash of devout inspiration. I thought I’d share it here and I hope it can be of benefit.
”Just as on a dark night black with clouds,
The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown,
Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas’ power,
Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and transient, in the world.”
Shantideva -Bodhicharyavatara (Padmakara translation)
by Nick Walser
In this story I imagined what it would have been like for someone at the school I attended to have had an ”enlightenment experience”, and is based very, very loosely on some real experiences I had…
by Jogen Salzberg
A prose piece about practice on a Pacific Coast road trip.
by Ven. William Van Gordon
These are 4 very short poems that I wrote whilst undertaking a period of solitary meditation retreat. They therefore reflect personal experiences and insights that arose in respect of practices/concepts such as impermenence, interconnectedness, patience and breaking the bonds of ego for example.
by Andre Halaw
This is about how I struggled with koans for two years before deciding that the practice wasn’t working for me.
by Sarah Lipton
They tell me that this is a story of courage. For me, it is a story that has been waiting to be shared for seven years.
by Colleen Clemens
This work explores the connection between my yoga practice and my journey to become pregnant through fertility treatments. I come to realize that yoga and baby loss taught me to practice compassion for myself and to surrender to my breath and the present moment.
by Rachael Durham
A poem about the broken relationship between a mother and daughter, that is not yet resolved but the daughter finds peace in the relationship through the practice of meditation.
by Tanya McGinnity
A story of how I came to Buddhism or how it came to me based on the seminal book by Judy Blume- ”Are you there God? It’s me Margaret.”
(Tashi is my Buddhist name so it works)
by Theodore Martland
When I was twenty I wanted out of my college routine. I studied abroad twice in two drastically different cultures, traveling as much as possible. I guess I was hoping that I could outrun my dissatisfaction. This is what happened.
by Francine Aarts
A story about cotton candy, a haunted house and more. My experience as a wannabe buddhist.
by Tanmaya Martin
Falling into an Indian medical sewer.
Satori or trauma?
by Tina Ng
This is a short story relating my personal journey through my first ten day Vipassana Meditation Retreat.
by Emily Horn
A personal essay chronicling my life as I began to practice and transform my own heart. It covers my time on retreats, working at Naropa, and love for Buddhist Geeks.
by Sarah Jackson
Some of us awake at a temple, sitting zazen.. Others find it lying on the couch, eating brownies, watching a PBS pledge drive. Whatever works.
by Samantha Claire Updegrave
In Falling is an exploration of finding flight, mid-air.
by Bill B
A short piece on my misunderstanding of transcendence in my life and practice.
