This time we turn to a meditation for queer practitioners: a way of integrating our lived experience by both admitting its trials and finding inspiration in the qualities it inspired. This practice can either be applied to our overall experience of being queer or to specific episodes,...

This guided meditation is perfect for establishing the refuge and bodhicitta attitudes in the morning—but can also be used at any point throughout the day. It is often taught that taking refuge (over and over again) is what makes our practice truly Buddhist, whereas generating bodhicitta is what...