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To Breathe for A Spell

By Amanda Waldroupe | January 27, 2021

I have never been more aware of my breath, of the simple act of breathing, than I have in this last year. The ability to inhale air and exhale carbon dioxide and other gases is a bodily function I rarely give thought to.

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Meditating with My Father’s Friends

By Martha Henry | March 12, 2019

We were all there for the same purpose—to understand our own suffering and maybe find some relief.

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A Project of Patient Endurance

By Michael Centore | May 26, 2016

Running and the spiritual life.

windyroad[Editor's note: you can read about Ashley's experience with biking as a "survivor" in the 2014 Closer to Free ride here. She has written more about cancer and her work with refugees here and in her KtB e-book <em>You Were Strangers: Dispatches From Exile</em>.]

Easter, A Bright Sadness

By Ashley Makar | April 5, 2015

Death is a kind of light.

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The Buddha Loves Boundaries

By Daisy Hernandez | February 26, 2015

Being in the moment doesn’t mean they can punch you in the face.

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Jesus the Guru

By Jerome Campbell | May 20, 2014

What happens when Christ collides with Krishna?

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Taking the Easy Way

By Brianna Sacks | May 14, 2014

American perfectionism, meet meditation.

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Doggerel Fails Me

By Mary Valle | February 26, 2014

An excerpt from the new e-book Cancer Doesn’t Give a Shit About Your Stupid Attitude.

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Gym Class Zen

By Alex Tzelnic | February 4, 2014

An ode to pain.

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Army of Monk

By Brynn Saito | February 25, 2013

The fighting, silent warrior-monk draws me closer.

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Home Taping Is Skill in Buddha

By M. Sophia Newman | December 17, 2012

We are musicians, sampling his breaks, writing our own songs hundreds of times.

"Marina Abramović, The Artist Is Present, 2010" by 16 Miles of String, via Flickr.

The Artist’s Present

By Alisa Solomon | June 3, 2010

Waiting in line at the MoMA for Marina Abramović.

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Abandoned Souls

By Ted Daniels | December 10, 2009

Photographing spaces of enforced meditation at Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary.

Small buddha statues at the Oeosa temple, Pohang, South Korea.

Breakin’ It Down

By Carol Scott | September 30, 2009

A meditation on ass-shaking.

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Christian Dojo

By Dylan Peterson | August 8, 2009

A high kick to the anti-Christian tendencies of an aspiring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

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Corpse Posing to ‘Beat It’

By Ashley Makar | June 28, 2009

Some of my best thoughts have happened when I was supposed to be emptying my mind. Like yesterday, lying on my back, limbs limp, ankles and shoulders trying to relax…

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Everyone’s a Bad Meditator, It Seems

By Nathan Schneider | June 7, 2009

Despite all our efforts to overcome our name, we can’t seem to help being a really good Buddhist magazine. The letters of appreciation for Ted Weinstein’s “Ways I Have Been…

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Ways I Have Been a Bad Meditator

By Ted Weinstein | May 21, 2009

Itch. Sex. Shush!