How I Discovered My Breath (And So Much More)
by Karen Maezen Miller: Counting breaths—the simplest of mindfulness practices—took Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller on a profound spiritual journey. It’s one we can take too…
Awaken Interviews Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller Pt 3
Donna Quesada: how do we take responsibility and acknowledge that interconnectedness that you were just speaking of…
Awaken Interviews Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller Pt 2
Karen Maezen Miller: We have to reach the point where we are not yet ready to die…but we don’t really know how to live and survive
Awaken Interviews Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller Pt 1
Donna Quesada: Maezen, I want to thank you for being with us today. I’m just personally so happy to interview you.
Doing Nothing – Karen Maezen Miller
by Karen Maezen Miller: Karen Maezen Miller on how meditation helps her bring “doing nothing” into everything she does…
The Myth Of The Teachable Moment – Karen Maezen Miller
by Karen Maezen Miller: Teachable moment – a learning opportunity for a child to acquire new information, values, morals, a new behavior or a new skill, or a new way of expressing and coping with an emotion…
The Heart of a Garden – Karen Maezen Miller
by Karen Maezen Miller: The pond in her garden isn’t like those decorating fancy homes and magazine covers…
Karen Maezen Miller Unto Us A Child Is Born
by Karen Maezen Miller: A woman came to the retreat in Kansas City in October. With her doctor’s permission, she had driven three hours from Iowa to be there.
Karen Maezen Miller – How Do I Put My Mind To Rest?
by Karen Maezen Miller: Like the student in this famous koan, we constantly face the challenge of emotional turmoil and restless mind…
Karen Maezen Miller – My Second Act
by Karen Maezen Miller: Twenty years ago, I quit a job that had me calculating my days in billable, quarter-hour increments…
Karen Maezen Miller The Secret Of A Good Mother
by Karen Maezen Miller: We say, “A good father is not a good father.” Do you understand? One who thinks he is a good father is not a good father. — Suzuki Roshi
Karen Maezen Miller Why Don’t You Just Be The Mom
by Karen Maezen Miller: If you ever wondered what you are supposed to teach your child, please read this and learn from me…
Karen Maezen Miller I’m Here
by Karen Maezen Miller: Years and years ago when I was young and busy and my mother was alive, I would rarely call home…
Karen Maezen Miller What Keeps Me Going
Karen Maezen Miller: Yesterday I spent six hours sitting still and quiet with 20 strangers in the converted attic of a century-old house in a tricky neighborhood near downtown LA.
Buddhism’s Big Lies – Karen Maezen Miller
by Karen Maezen Miller: Karen Maezen Miller breaks down the three most common lies in Buddhist discourse…
Does The Buddha Always Tell The Truth?
by Shambhala Sun: Sam Harris thinks honesty is the best policy. KAREN MAEZEN MILLER argues for a more nuanced understanding of right speech…
Karen Maezen Miller A Prayer For The End Of Time
by Karen Maezen Miller: Yesterday I went to the dry cleaner’s in town.