Shaking a bamboo cylinder for a temple lot is older than you'd guess, and the Buddha actually had something pointed to say about fortune-telling. Here's how to use a Guan Yin lot without turning it into fate.
TL;DR: Devotion, once...
A reflection on how Rental Family illuminates Buddhist teachings on suffering, non-self, and loving-kindness. The film reminds us that being truly present for others may matter more than any role we play.
Taking refuge in the triple gem can guide us to safety. To be at peace at whatever hardships life may throw at us. While sharing metta to ourselves might be the hardest, it is necessary for us to heal and grow over our wounds.
A Buddhist reflects on walking the Camino de Santiago and discovering mindfulness, compassion, impermanence, and letting go through direct experience rather than theory. Through long walks, simple living, and unexpected encounters, the Camino became a living practice in presence, humility, and inner transformation.
Can you find peace by wanting it less?
In this episode of the Handful of Leaves podcast, hosts Cheryl and Angela sit down together for the first time since attending a March meditation retreat led by Ajahn Jayasaro, to unpack what the experience taught them once they brought it back into ordinary life. Both arrived quietly depleted — Angela nursing work burnout, Cheryl anxious and adrift after a company restructuring — and what follows is a candid conversation about what happened when they sat with that depletion instead of running from it.
