A handful of executive MBA programs around the country — from Harvard to Michigan's Ross School of Business — are teaching students Buddhist meditation techniques. It's not necessarily about teaching ...

Caitlin Grussing blows the conch three times to signal to everyone that morning meditation is about to begin at the Katog Rit’hröd Buddhist center, in October. Photograph: Terra Fondriest/The Guardian ...

Dressed in flowing gold robes, the bald female meditation teacher told us to do nothing. We were to sit silently in our plastic chairs, close our eyes, and focus on our breath. I had never meditated, ...

An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...

Dhyaan Mudra makes it easier to concentrate during meditation. Putting your hands together like this helps your mind stay on track and not wander off. Meditation, an ancient practice steeped in ...

In recent years, there has been a huge uptake in meditation, promoted to improve mental and physical health. But it can be ...

Retrospective plans for a Buddhist meditation centre have been submitted to the city council.