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Learning to Love this Valentine's Day

The Dharamachakra Buddhist Center of New Jersey frequently offers workshops in and around the Millburn area, which aim to help participants feel at...

Pema Chödrön teaches the 4 limitless qualities

Monday morning. You’re back home from a weekend away with the family. Work beckons and you fear the client’s reaction to that project...

Adventures in Religious Ceremony

Puja is a term used in Buddhist and Hindu traditions and is a religious ceremony that varies greatly in how elaborate the worshippers arrange it....

Compassion for the Japan Tragedy Victims

No matter what our religious or spiritual views, we have the capacity to feel empathy for our fellow human beings. The tragedy of the earthquake...

Breathing for beginners

Inhale, exhale. Even reading the words causes you to pay closer attention to your breath. Being mindful about your breath helps you live in the...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Receives $1.7m Templeton Prize

On Thursday, March 29, 2012, 76 year old Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama received the 2012 Templeton Prize worth 1.7 million dollars.Despite...

Instant Karma

Among the many common misappropriations of Eastern religious terms into the Western world, there is perhaps no one misused more often than the term...

Be Bold, Brilliant and Bodacious!!!

When I lived at a Buddhist Retreat Center for two years (from 1995 to 1997), I was chosen to play the Garuda Bird for a special performance. It was...