The Insight Journal

Published since 1989, Insight Journal offers Dharma articles of lasting interest, including original writing, illuminating interviews, transcripts, excerpts, and sutta study. The Journal provides critical and exegetical reflections on Buddhist traditions and practices, grounded in a broad comparative perspective. 

Explore and experience the profound insights of Buddhist inquiry with this freely offered resource and online archive.

Fall 2025

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Editor’s Introduction

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Emptiness Requires Contextualization: On Rob Burbea’s ‘Seeing That Frees’

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‘Seeing That Frees’ in Context: A Response to Bhikkhu Anālayo

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Emptiness Requires Contextualization (2): Clinging and Liberation

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Buddha in the Forest (Samyutta Nikaya 7:18)

Understanding the Meditative Process

A Verb for Nirvana

Understanding the Hindrances

Lights Upon the Path: Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Questioning

The Buddha’s Last Word: Care

A Tiny Dot in a Vast Universe

Interconnected…Or Not?

The Steadfast Family Man (Anguttara Nikaya 5:40 & 3:48)

What Is Mindfulness… And Why Is It Important to Therapists?

Lessons from an Illness

Generating Spiritual Friendship: Reflections from a Gray Haired Mentor