Here’s a little humor on anger and stress for you.
Forget stress balls and punching bags. If you’re feeling destructive and simply want to break something, check out the Anger Release Machine. Created by artists Katja Kublitz and Ronnie Yarisal, Anger Release is basically a traditional vending machine stuffed full of …
There is suffering, there is a cause, there is a cure, it is immersing yourself in the Way.
I found this wonderful reinterpretation of this classic Buddhist teaching by Calvin. The four frames speak for themselves! This came to me via BuddhaBadges.com. They are a nonprofit organization that sells little punk …
I’m very proud to announce this new audiobook on mantra chanting, which I co-created with Bodhipaksa of Wildmind. In this comprehensive guide you’ll find everything you need to get started with a mantra chanting practice, including:
The “magical” background and history of mantras
How mantras can help us develop centeredness and …
Here’s a delightful video for you. It’s pretty amazing to see how two very different beings — a human and an elephant seal, can establish such trust and rapport with each other.
If we don’t have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made, then how many other things are we missing? A sad and telling story of …
Continuing my tradition of things just for your amusement: here’s an amazing set of pictures from an artist in China. There’s no trick photography here. He just paints himself and blends right in. They just get better and better as you go down the list, so keep scrolling! …
I’m very honored to be included in Marguerite Manteau-Rao’s (@minddeep on Twitter) list of 15 Great Women Buddhist Bloggers. May our collective efforts help spread more loving, feminine energy into the world!
I love this video! It’s of a feisty little penguin who is surrounded by a whole pod of orca whales out to get him. But he refuses to give up, and ultimately outsmarts them all!
Here are a couple of wonderful quotes that came into my email inbox this morning. One by Sogyal Rimpoche is an exquisite description of the joys of meditating in nature, and the other is by Bonnie Myotai Treace about confronting fear. …
Here are a couple things I found in my travels around the web this month that I wanted to share with you. The first is an accidental photo with a squirrel that just made me laugh. The second is a video of the second largest aquarium tank in the world. Just watch …
These two videos came across my Twitter stream this morning, and I had to share them with you. The first one, Bodhisattva in metro, is a delightful piece reminding us how little it takes to make a positive effect on the world. The second one is a piano duet played by Fran …