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Meditation
TikTok gave an old practice a terrible name. Neuroscience explains why it actually works.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on why reflective self-consciousness separates us from intelligent machines.
What 150-year-old Japanese workshop Kaikado can teach us about finding calm through focus in an age of distraction.
Panpsychist philosopher Philip Goff, PhD on mysticism and the future of faith.
John Templeton Foundation
Our brains cling to the bad. This method could help balance the scales.
Desire is like a drug. But is an addict always an addict?
Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.
Studies claiming to reveal strategies for feeling happy get a second look.
'Six Persimmons,' an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
John Templeton Foundation
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.
Yoga is more than just standing on your head. It's about uniting with the divine.
Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
For Buddhists, the “Four Noble Truths” offer a path to lasting happiness.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Zen masters often have strikingly different ideas about how to live and attain enlightenment.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
Meditators invert the relationship between the layers of self-processing.
The first recorded brain activity of a person during their death suggests a biological trigger for near-death experiences.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.