Let Them Be, by Luis Fernando Llosa
Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip, 1872, Metropolitan Museum of Art America’s children are being robbed of their childhood. It’s as simple as that. Play used to…
Finding the Path, by Tracy Cochran
Painting by Emma Tapley Among the tasks or “yogi jobs” a participant can volunteer for during silent retreats at the Insight Meditation Society, a Buddhist meditation…
Finding Joy: The Science of Happiness, by Patty de Llosa
Photograph by Frank McKenna We long to find more joy in our daily pursuits even though life has taught us it’s not so easy. New discoveries…
Seeing is an Act, by Jeanne de Salzmann
Jeanne de Salzmann The question is not what to do but how to see. Seeing is the most important thing—the act of seeing. I need to realize…
A Shared World, by Tracy Cochran
Therefore, Ananda, be islands unto yourselves, refuges unto yourselves….” As he lay dying, the Buddha gave this advice to his beloved cousin and disciple Ananda. I thought of it as…
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