This is part of a series of teachings from Jigme Lingpa’s Steps to the Great Perfection. This is a teaching from the Mind Training Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The first mind training in the ...

There is a teaching in the Dzogchen Buddhist tradition that I want to share with you. This is a form of mind training, but different from some other teachings in it’s depth. This is a preliminary ...

Contemplating impermanence and death helps to prevent the emergence of temporal negative mental states such as greed, ignorance, hatred, pride, jealousy, and other negative states of mind that cause ...

A fundamental concept of Buddhism is impermanence, which I believe, once embraced, helps cultivate positive well being. The gentle Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, reminds us: “Impermanence ...

A Buddhist meditation hall at the remote Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California burned down just as practitioners were in the home stretch of a sequestered, three-month meditation program ...

How do you feel about the idea of dying? Is it something you think about often? Or does it make you feel anxious? If sex was a taboo in the 19th century, death is a taboo of the modern age. Most of us ...

Take a few minutes to develop your sense of awe for the circle of life in this mediation with Dacher Keltner. Dacher Keltner is the host of the Greater Good Science Center’s award-winning podcast, The ...