Surya Das may have figured out how to slow down the hectic pace of his own life, but his new book may not help readers do the same. Das is a Buddhist lama who uses meditation to keep himself focused ...

SUKTAMS are chants in the Vedas that sing the praise of a deity. There is the Purusha Suktam, the Narayana Suktam, the Sri Suktam, Bhu Suktam, Durga Suktam, Saraswati Suktam and even Ratri Suktam. It ...

A national survey of more than 26,000 U.S. adults conducted by the Centers for Disease Control found that the use of meditation increased more than threefold between 2012 and 2017, from 4.2 percent to ...

I MUST admit I don't spend much time in meditation. A couple of mostly unsatisfactory minutes here and there. But sometimes it works, even if only through deepening and slowing the breathing. It’s ...