From wrathful love to Buddha-nature, Noel Coakley and Victoria ‘Vee’ Wikler discuss the next generation of Buddhism and waking up the ‘sleepy Buddha’ in us all.

In this episode, Noel, Ve...

Founder of Shambhala Publications, Samuel Bercholz, reflects on a lifetime of dharma and encourages us to challenge our often distorted perceptions of reality.

This time on the CSM podca...

Reflecting on a lifetime of practice, Joseph Goldstein explores how an intimate investigation of suffering can open the doorway to liberation.

In this week's episode, Joseph and David ex...

Written by René Fay

I have a confession to make. After decades of practice, I still have a hard time getting to the cushion some days.

My mind gets so creative with what suddenly feels urgent. Of...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

“Great fullness of being, which we experience as happiness, can also be described as love. To be undivided and unfragmented, to be completely present, is to love. To p...

Written by Noel Coakley

So close, I couldn’t recognize it

So simple, I couldn’t believe it

So profound, I couldn’t conceive of it

So noble, I wasn’t worthy of it

Niguma’s four-line teaching is...

Written by René Fay

Things feel especially chaotic, busy, overwhelming, and urgent to me these days, both internally and externally. I have noticed a couple of recurring urges arise when having th...

Excerpt from Infinite Life: Awakening to Bliss Within by Robert Thurman

The Buddhist Dharma, or teaching, is actually a scientific system of psychology, developed in India and further refined in T...

Written by René Fay

It seems obvious, right? Even I'm tempted to shrug and move on; nothing more to see here, just a fundamental truth. And yet, another clear truth exists. Today, we as a species ...