Editors’ Picks ~ October 2026
Our editors select their favorite photographs from around the world for the month of October.
Read MoreThe Kadampa Living Clarity Podcast shares practical wisdom and inspiring conversations to help you apply Buddhist teachings in everyday life. Through relatable insights and real-life experiences, it offers guidance on overcoming challenges, deepening your meditation practice, and developing lasting inner peace, clarity, and compassion.
Learn special techniques for transforming life into the path to happiness.
When a traveler stays a few nights in a luxurious hotel, he does not develop strong attachment to its comforts because he knows he will soon be moving on.
There is nothing strong or courageous in reacting to hardship or insults with anger. Anyone can do this, even a child. All we are doing is being defeated by our delusions.
Now is the time to rely on wisdom.
Why do the people we care about most sometimes cause us the greatest pain?
If we have to walk across rough and thorny ground, one way of protecting our feet is to cover the whole ground with leather, but this is not very practical. We can achieve the same result in a much simpler way – by covering our feet.
We don’t need to live a life of a superhero to create good karma. Small actions can create great results, like an oak tree that grows from an acorn.
To really understand and love others, we have to out ourselves in their shoes. This is the practice of exchanging self with others.
Gen Gomlam reveals the root cause of the pain we sometimes feel when we experience loss and separation — an exaggerated sense of need that tells us we cannot be happy without a particular person.
By committing to the inner work of training the mind, while continuing our normal lives, we can gradually reduce distraction, restore balance, and discover the deeper, more stable happiness we have been searching for all along.
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