Can training the mind make us more attentive, altruistic, and serene? Can we learn to manage our disturbing emotions in an optimal way? What are the transformations that occur in the brain when we ...

Jan Willis never felt drawn to the Baptist church of her 1950s Alabama childhood--a place where the preacher hadn't done his job unless he whipped parishioners into a spiritual frenzy that left them ...

Silent retreats have become increasingly common in the United States in recent years. To calm down and reset their nervous ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X A group of local residents want to bring enlightenment and harmony to the area through sacred arts by way of Tibetan ...

Interest in Buddhism has swelled in recent years alongside the rise of mindfulness, yet the ways in which it is approached, including by therapists, is often piecemeal, with the work of Mark Epstein ...

A pulsating cosmopolis of 10 million, Bangkok at times seems like the most unlikely Buddhist city on earth, despite the glittering spires of its famed shrines and temples. It’s tempting to view the ...

How can you find some inner stability when your thoughts and feelings are constantly changing? That's what mountain meditation invites you to practise.

MOLINE -- Use a "living" text to study Buddhism. The Venerable Somnieng Hoeurn, a visiting Theravadian monk from Cambodia, will give a free public lecture from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Theater Room 306 in ...