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Neurodiversity and No Self – A Lesson in Acceptance

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. T... Read more

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Author: Eileen Ybarra

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

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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

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Gender Equity in Buddhism

Honoring the women who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion and the Dharma For National Womens History Month, InsightLA thanks and honors all the women around the globe who teach meditation, wisdom, compassion, and the Dharma in its m... Read more

Author: Joslyn Hitter

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

Author: Cindy Rasicot

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

Neurodiversity and No Self – A Lesson in Acceptance

Life, Death, & Change – the Gift of Impermanence

Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention

Gender Equity in Buddhism

Living in Harmony

The Compassionate Heart

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