Practical Buddhist Wisdom For a Happier Life
Responsible Dhamma: Facing Reality As It Is
True change begins when we understand the hidden rewards behind unskillful patterns and gently stop feeding them. Through personal reflections and TheravΔda teachings, this article explores honesty, mindfulness, and the courage to examine the mindβs deeper motivations.
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Responsible Dhamma: Facing Reality As It Is
True change begins when we understand the hidden rewards behind unskillful patterns and gently stop feeding them. Through personal reflections and TheravΔda teachings, this article explores honesty, mindfulness, and the courage to examine the mindβs deeper motivations.
Dharmic Parenting 101: Sleepless Nights, Awake Practice
A heartfelt reflection on dharmic parenting, where sleepless nights become real-time practice in patience, metta, and letting go. Discover how raising a child can deepen selflessness, strengthen relationships, and transform everyday family life into living Dhamma.
What Buddhism May Cost You Before It Frees You
Becoming a Buddhist is not just about peace and calm. It often begins with discomfort, honesty and the loss of old certainties.
Meeting Ajahn Chah’s Teaching Today
Reflections from ACRD 2025 show how Ajahn Chahβs simple metaphors guide us from intellectual understanding to lived practice. Through patience, letting go, and steady effort, his teachings continue to inspire mindful engagement in daily life.
Returning to Stillness: Lessons from DAYWA Retreats
What happens when young working adults step away from the noise of daily life and immerse themselves in the Dhamma? Through meditation, sutta study, and community, DAYWA retreats offer a practical and supportive environment for cultivating wisdom, joy, and inner peace.
How to Stop Fighting Hate but to Meet it with Love
Can Buddhists learn to love hate? A provocative reflection on compassion, fear and inner healing.
The Monk who Couldnβt Take His Eyes Off the Buddha
Vakkali wanted to look at the Buddha and could not stop. The Buddhist tradition answers that longing in two very different ways.
Ep 70: Harvard Monkβs Secret: How to Find Peace When Life Falls Apart? Explains Ft. Haenim Sunim, Zen Monk & Bestselling Author
What if the peace you've been searching for was never outside of you?
In this profound conversation, internationally renowned Zen monk and bestselling author Haemin Sunim shares timeless wisdom on navigating heartbreak, uncertainty, difficult relationships, and life's inevitable challenges. Drawing from Buddhist teachings and personal experience, he reveals how inner peace emerges not from controlling the world around us, but from trusting the strength already within us.
Whether you're facing loss, struggling with difficult people, or simply feeling overwhelmed by life, this episode offers practical insights to help you find calm, resilience, and freedom amidst the chaos.
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Handful of Leaves | Buddhist Blog on Practical Buddhist Wisdom for a Happier Life
Welcome to Handful of Leaves, a Buddhist blog for youths seeking practical wisdom for a fulfilling life. Our mission is to share the teachings, reflections & practice of Dhamma in a relatable and accessible way for young people in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. By learning about mindfulness, compassion, impermanance and inner peace through our articles and resources, you can gain the tools to navigate through the complexities of modern life with grace and clarity. Join us on a journey to discover how this ancient wisdom can help us live life to the fullest with more meaning & purpose.