This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. This 7-ingredient Artichoke Pie recipe is perfect for Easter or Mother’s Day brunch or as a light meal with a salad. Artichoke Pie I almost put this easy Artichoke Pie in my upcoming cookbook Skinnytaste Simple, but it didn’t make the cut. It’s so simple to make with frozen pie […]
Driving doesn’t have to be stressful. Roberval Oliveira offers mindfulness tips for cruise control, road rage, and more. Photo by Aerial Perspective Works via iStock.com. One day, while driving, I noticed that I was lost in thought. As I brought my attention back to driving, I was reminded of meditation. On the road, like on the cushion, I can try […]
Bonnie Nadzam reviews new books that can help us navigate the ups and downs of life—from personal grief to collective rage to the joy of creativity. Chenxing Han, author of widely acclaimed Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists, gives us a gorgeous, deeply sensory, and multilingual memoir of life and loss in One Long Listening: A […]
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong profiles the inspiring feminist-Buddhist artist Michela Martello—her life, her work, and the dream that put her on the spiritual path. Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis Michela Martello’s bright green house announces its presence among the staid brownstones of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. It announces that an artist lives here. She answers the door a little […]
Koun Franz on seeing what’s in front of you, even the things you’d rather not see. Photo by Amanda Dalbjorn. The “right” in “right view” makes it sound—to me, at least—as if it involves a kind of seeing that’s special, with eyes that are somehow imbued with wisdom or colored by boundless compassion. But that’s a fantasy of something in […]
We can’t control our thoughts, says Reverend Marvin Harada. But we can reflect on them—and doing that changes everything. Photo © Alba Vitta / Stocksy United. On the eightfold path, right thought, right speech, and right action all go together and cannot be separated from each other. The most important is right thought, because—as Buddhism teaches—everything starts from thought. A […]
Do you have something you want to say? Nikki Mirghafori on the questions to ask yourself. Photo by Trung Thanh Speech is powerful. Our words shape our minds, paving the path toward freedom or cementing habitual patterns of suffering. A crucial part of our practice, speech is something we can engage with even on days when we cannot sit in […]
Actions can be helpful in one situation yet harmful in another. Rebecca Li says awareness is needed to identify right action. Maskot / via Getty Images Right action refers to actions in accordance with wisdom and compassion. Wisdom means responding to what the present moment calls for without vexation, and hence not generating suffering for ourselves. When our mind isn’t […]
Work can be a path to changing the world, personal growth, and even spiritual discovery. Tami Simon explains. Photo by Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo There’s a drive inside each of us to create and contribute to the well-being of others. When we serve in such a way, and are paid for that service, we’re engaging […]
It’s not about striving for success, says Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön. Right effort is a graceful fine-tuning. Photo © Mel Karlberg / Stocksy United As a newcomer to Buddhist teachings, I was rather wary of “right effort.” A first-generation Latinx American steeped in success overdrive, I’d quite enough of implicit performance standards that exhausted and oppressed. No matter how hard […]
