Written by David Nichtern

“Just as we take our reality within the night dream to be completely real, during the “daydream” we take our projections to be real. We rarely have a good look at the qua...

Written by René Fay

“When I started meditating, I had been able-bodied, but things had changed. I was still figuring out my relationship to this new situation while I deepened my practice. What ha...

Old friends Sharon Salzberg and David Nichtern meet to discuss the calamity of misplaced faith and the expansion that can come from individualized social action.

This week on the CSM p...

Written by Jen Liu

“When constructing a building, airtight precision and predictability are exactly what we want. But when growing a garden — which inner work more closely resembles — patience, ad...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

“In Buddhism, humility is an essential virtue, and we need it in order to self-reflect with honesty so that we can learn, grow, and progress along our path. At the sam...

Written by Noel Coakley

“Identifying motivation is like our internal posture. We set up the body posture to support practice. Then, reminding ourselves of our intention, we set up our mind for pra...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

“Thoughts are like passing clouds and emotions are like the weather. Some days we may experience dark skies with rainfall, other days we may experience heavy clouds th...

Meditation teacher, Susan Piver, joins David Nichtern to share her profound and ever-evolving connection to The Heart Sutra.

In this episode, David and Susan explore:

• The many varia
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Written by David Nichtern

“The awakened mind is sharp and clear. Sometimes the gateway to it can be an experience of irritation, or even shock — not entirely unlike waking up suddenly from a dream...