Winter Blues →
“Perhaps,” says Sylvia Boorstein, “these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark.”
Read MoreDaily Life is Practice →
This August will bring “Waking Up in Every Moment,” the first Shambhala Sun Community retreat, at Omega, where you can join in-person or by livestream with teachers Sylvia Boorstein, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, and Melissa Blacker — along with the editors of the Shambhala Sun andBuddhadharma, and fellow readers like you.
All the moments of your day are teachings. If you look at them clearly, says Sylvia Boorstein, you’ll see the same fundamental truths the Buddha did.
Read MoreBuddhism A-Z: 10 Buddhist books everyone should have →
10 dharma books everyone should have, as selected by the editors of theShambhala Sun. From our March 2015 DIY Dharma issue.
Read MoreA Bad Day at the Airport →
What better place to work with your mind?
Here is a practice I have been working with for more than a decade. I recite, usually silently, these two sentences: May I meet this moment fully. May I meet it as a friend.
Read MoreHow Endings Make Room for Beginnings →
“When I recognize the pain I feel because of loss,” says Sylvia Boorstein, “I am respectful of its presence and kind to myself. And in the truth of what has ended, I see displays of what might be beginning.”
Read MoreI Want To Be… Insightful →
We suffer, according to Buddhism, not because there’s anything inherently wrong with us but simply because we misunderstand the nature of reality. Sylvia Boorstein on developing insight into the way things really are.
Read MoreThe Suffering We Share →
At her weekly meditation class, Sylvia Boorstein finds that sharing stories of those we love and worry about leaves her feeling kinder and more connected.
Read MoreNonexistent But Precious →
Sylvia Boorstein looks at the paradoxes and subtleties in the central Buddhist concept of no-self.
Read MoreThings That Go Pop in the Mind →
Sylvia Boorstein on how the mind manufactures thoughts the way a popcorn machine makes popcorn—and what’s delightful about that.
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