Words like forgiveness, tolerance, compassion, and acceptance are not new to us, but there may be some uncertainty as to how to apply these concepts t...

I wrote a newspaper column for 15 years. My most popular column was entitled "Four words that could change the world." Those four words? Tell me your story.

This idea of responding to the mechanistic style of our times with art and beauty is part of a larger project that I envision as the warming of culture.

If a genie with a magic lamp granted you one request, one wish for something important to change in the world, what change would you ask for?

The moral judgment barometer is rising in the US. We've got Glenn Beck and Fox News scaring the crap out of the conservative Christian right (haven't ...

When ignorance and ego-centeredness are displayed in such an overt way, it creates the perfect reason for this blog: the opportunity for us to develop ever-greater compassion.

Each year during this time, many cultures around the world celebrate an occasion of forgiveness.

There are simple ways to lessen the intensity of difficult feelings and even turn them around into positive states, without denying or repressing them.

When we bear witness, we lovingly give our attention to the other without judgment. When we allow another to bear witness to us, we give ourselves the freedom to be known.

Buddhism teaches that in order to transform our world, we must transform ourselves. We must cultivate the capacity to be genuinely concerned about the welfare of others.

Is it not time to make kindness cool, to make consideration and caring hot topics? We've already proven that war does not work, that fighting and killing never has a happy ending.

We can afford to be more generous and if we become more generous in clever ways there is a rich vein of personal happiness and indeed real prosperity.

When it comes to generosity, the general rule with me is: Win some, lose some. It's funny how I don't often regret being generous, but when I choose to be stingy, it comes back to me later.