In a landmark collaboration published in March 2026, researchers from the Mind & Life Institute and the University of Wisconsin–Madison have documented a statistically significant…
A landmark 2026 study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has provided the first causal evidence that a structured compassion meditation program,…
Neuroscience Meets Nirvana: New Study Reveals Meditation Rewires the Brain’s Fear Circuit in 8 Weeks
A landmark randomized controlled trial published this month in the journal *Nature Neuroscience* has confirmed that an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program can physically shrink…
In a landmark 2026 study published by the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, researchers have found that a 15-minute daily secular meditation…
A landmark global survey published in early 2026 by the Pew Research Center has found that 68% of adults worldwide now describe themselves as “spiritual…
WHO: Swami Sarvapriyananda — a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order and head of the Vedanta Society of New York — and leaders across the…
WHO: Robert A.F. Thurman — renowned Buddhist scholar, author, activist, Columbia University professor, and co-founder of Tibet House US. He was the first American ordained…
In a landmark shift for Orthodox Judaism, three Israeli women have become the first to sit for official rabbinic examinations administered by the Chief Rabbinate…
In an extraordinary display of faith, endurance, and compassion, nineteen Theravada Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas have…
Across the world, a quiet revolution is underway. From remote Himalayan ashrams to repurposed monasteries in the Italian countryside, spiritual retreat centers are reporting record…