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.

Spring 2025

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Interdependence and Healing: Natalie Avalos on Practice, Scholarship, and the Liberating Power of Ceremony

In Memoriam: Thich Nhat Hanh

Friendship, the Whole of Life Well-lived

Grieving for the Buddha: Three Cambodian Songs

Reflections on Nibbana

The Interplay Between Meditation Theory and Practice

The Ibex Sutra

Technologies of Transformation: The Power of Spiritual Autobiography

Bhikkhu Anālayo and Mu Soeng: A Conversation on Study, Practice, and Monastic Life

Practice for Self, Practice for Others: A Prison Minister’s Reflections on Faith and Freedom

Into the Heart of Suffering: Lessons From the Story of the Tigress

An Excerpt from Storied Companions