Stephan Bodian January 2, 2020 Reflections on the climate crisis Stephan Bodian January 2, 2020 While meditating on the “climate emergency” not long ago, I had the realization—perhaps obvious to some and no doubt…
Stephan Bodian December 4, 2019 How do narcissists become spiritual teachers? Stephan Bodian December 4, 2019 This article has been a long time a-birthing. The gestation began nearly 40 years ago, when I put aside my robes as a Zen monk…
Stephan Bodian December 4, 2019 In the shadow of the Dharma Stephan Bodian December 4, 2019 The following article, which runs to about 6,000 words, was originally written about a dozen years ago for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review...
Stephan Bodian November 19, 2019 Remove the seeker, remove the sought Stephan Bodian November 19, 2019 This post was originally published as an article in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, with the following subtitle:
Stephan Bodian October 30, 2019 Secure attachment leads to greater non attachment Stephan Bodian October 30, 2019 Recently, I began wondering about the connection between attachment theory in Western psychology and the Buddhist principle…
Stephan Bodian September 19, 2019 The only news is that there's no news at all Stephan Bodian September 19, 2019 Let the landscape be covered with thorny crust…
Stephan Bodian August 26, 2019 In love with the world Stephan Bodian August 26, 2019 Many teachers of nonduality—the term itself is ironic, since nonduality, which is after all the nature of reality, can’t be taught…
Stephan Bodian July 16, 2019 The mystery of our interrelatedness Stephan Bodian July 16, 2019 I found myself reflecting this morning on the mysterious and paradoxical way that Spirit—the timeless, radiant essence of what…
Stephan Bodian June 19, 2019 Being nobody being somebody Stephan Bodian June 19, 2019 With all the talk in nondual circles these days about the problem of “spiritual bypassing” and the importance of psychological…