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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A Conversation about Cultural Spiritual Bypassing

The Inherently Relational Nature of the Buddhist Path

The Influxes and Mindful Eating

Satipatthana in Dialogue with Suffering and Oppression

The Many Faces of Nonduality

Development Along the Path: Nirvana, Numinous Experience, and Emptiness

The Underlying Tendencies

The Challenge of Pain

Māna: Conceits of the Self

The Buddha’s Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony

Distraction: Strategies for Overcoming Distracting Thoughts

The Potential of Pleasant Feelings