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.

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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

2017 Vedana Conference

What About Neutral Feelings?

Putting Art-Making Back on the Map III: Dharma and Arts Symposium at BCBS

Putting Art-Making Back on the Map II: Dharma and Art Symposium at BCBS

Putting Art-Making Back on the Map I: Dharma and Arts Symposium at BCBS