Karuna Articles

Honoring Turtle Island: Lessons from Eduardo Duran on Healing and Compassion

By mahesi on November 27, 2024

“Suffering is the compost of enlightenment.” These powerful words from Thich Nhat Hanh resonate deeply with Eduardo Duran, a Native American psychologist and spiritual teacher. In his conversation with the […]

Embracing the Bardos of Everyday Life: a Study of the Power of Transition

By Melissa Moore on October 29, 2024

by Melissa Moore Tibetan Buddhism offers us a language and maps to navigate the multiple states of existence that continually occur between death and rebirth. These states vary in length […]

All Our Disguises

By Miriam Hall on September 30, 2024

By Miriam Hall For a long time, I saw myself as someone almost composed of grief. Due to a lot of early loss in my family – including (but not […]

Paradox of Identity

By Miriam Hall on July 31, 2024

By Naoko and Miriam Buddhism says there are “two truths” to our experience - we are individuals who are socially located with particular backgrounds and identities, and at the same […]

Discovering Strength in Vulnerability

By Melissa Moore on July 7, 2024

By Melissa Moore “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” Brene’ Brown In Karuna Training, we are interested […]

Uncovering Polarization: Cultivating Compassionate Exchange

By Sandra Ladley on June 27, 2024

By Sandra Ladley I hope you’ll join me for an introduction to Karuna Training on the topic of Uncovering Polarization: Cultivating Compassionate Exchange on Wednesday, July 17th, from 6 – […]

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