by Liza Kindred
Why corporations can be a good thing, and how values can be good business.
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 Ellie Aaron
This is a short reflection on how I use a Buddhist concept to empower me in teaching kids Yoga!
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 Stacy Chivers
An essay on working in a hospital and how the dharma helps my patients and myself.
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 Scott Coulter
Navigating an ocean of attachment and aversion in the music business.
by Sarah Maynard
How to deal with that difficult person in the office (there’s always one…!)
by Angela Gunn
An essay exploring my thoughts about Right Livelihood while working on a Reality TV show that promoted drinking, fighting and sexual misconduct.
by Kinsey Durham
A personal ”diary-like” piece about relationships and dating as a 22 year old woman trying to figure all of this out.
by Brian Blueskye
A Gay Buddhist talks about the joys and frustrations of dating in modern times.
by Britton Estep
Vulture Biology is an excerpt from my dharma nature poetry memoir, Signals. Signals is the writing that happened after my father suddenly died in 2010. It is a collection of contemplative stories which detail the nature of impermanence both personally and planetary. When my eyes were opened by the deep sadness I was experiencing, I could not stop looking at just my pain. My previous pronoun boundaries of me, you, and them- all became a blurry mess as the world I had known was wiped clean away.
Grief handed me Buddhism as a way to continue to open my heart.
by Alex Tzelnic
My piece is about the many manifestations of the self, and how practice sheds light on what it means to be me; a young practitioner in the 21st century.
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 Melissa Addison-Webster
This article shares the story of a young woman’s journey through her life from childhood to the depths of darkness after her spinal cord injury, and towards the blessings of Light and true love shared by Thich Nhat Hanh. Through the teachings of the Buddha, and other spiritual beings, Melissa Addison-Webster shares how she has begun to find peace in her mind and existence, regardless of the fact she uses a wheelchair to get around.
by Andy Acker
An auto-biographical anecdote of what happened after my first taste of intensive Zen practice collided with my 23-year old male libido. Written in December 2003 and formerly published at
www.the-manifest.org: a now-defunct e-zine of integral culture.
by Don Dianda
Using Zen to blow down inner walls and deal with the passing of those we love.
by Rik Polfliet
It is a short contemplation about the fact that I sometimes chase some exotic looking butterfly and stop practicing Dharma for a while. I hope it can be of some benefit.
by Nick Walser
This is how I see and attempt to ”do” the Four Noble Truths
