Many of you will have heard about the Walk for Peace, started on October 26 2025 from the Huong Dao Vipassana Meditation Center in Fort Worth, Texas, arriving in Washington, D.C. on the 11th of Feburary 2026.

The Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi was a participant in the welcoming ceremonies in D.C. and wrote an inspiring article about it for the newsletter Buddhist Global Relie...

We come now to the third characteristic of all existence after impermanence and dukkha, anattā, the principle that since everything we can experience is transitional, how could there be one bounded thing called a self? Most of us recognize that we can be different people in different situations, but we have a sense that there is a fixed core inside that must be prote...

“Stop the World – I Want to Get Off” is a musical created in 1961 by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. The story follows a character named Littlechap, who navigates the ups and downs of life, often expressing his dissatisfaction by calling out to stop the world.
A key theme is frustration with success. The play examines the fleeting nature of worldly success and persona...

We love to be sure; we’re (mostly) uncomfortable with uncertainty. We want things to stay the same, but in this life, nothing is certain. People and weather are unreliable. Our moods can affect how we behave and what we think is important. Most of the time, we believe we’re entitled to reasonable expectations, but every expectation is an invitation to disappointment. Is there...

Deciding when to give up on something is a tricky decision. We don’t always know whether the reward at the end of an arduous task or activity will be worth the effort. When in the middle of strenuous exercise or a demanding situation, most of us will at least have the passing thought, “I want to give up.” It’s perfectly normal.

Some of us give up on worthwhile things e...