Living your life as an Autistic person, I sometimes feel out of place. Autistic people are only 1.5% of the population. We are not the only ones out of place, POC in a White dominated society, being LGBTQ+ in a straight world, also feel out of place.
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Life, Death, & Change – the Gift of Impermanence
Many years before I began my meditation practice, I unconsciously considered my feelings related to loss and grief a personal failure, as if I somehow should have understood and been prepared for death automatically. My grandmother died in my early tw... Read more
Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention
Honoring the women who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion and the Dharma
For National Women’s History Month, InsightLA thanks and honors all the women around the globe who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion, and the Dharma in its many forms. This... Read more
Living in Harmony
I have a secret to share with you: the Buddha’s teachings on sila or “ethical conduct” are actually my favorite teachings. If for some reason I was never able to formally practice meditation again, I might actually be okay, because I would still be ab... Read more
The Compassionate Heart
Over the past seventeen years I have known Venerable Dhamananda we have had many discussions about compassion. She has helped me accept that there is no magic formula to learn how to be more compassionate; it is our practice that leads us on the pathw... Read more