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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Finding Zen: Strength In The Dharma And The Sword

Going in, reaching out: The Dharma in us and amongst us

A Dharma Heart for These Times

Editor’s Letter: Paradigm Shifts

The Bhara Sutta

Interdependence and Healing: Natalie Avalos on Practice, Scholarship, and the Liberating Power of Ceremony

In Memoriam: Thich Nhat Hanh

Friendship, the Whole of Life Well-lived

Grieving for the Buddha: Three Cambodian Songs

Reflections on Nibbana

The Interplay Between Meditation Theory and Practice

The Ibex Sutra