

Buddhist Conundrum: My journey with Meditation by Aliyah Collins
I have been participating in Bhante Pannnasiri’s Tuesday meditation class for the past few months. When I wrote my first blog documenting my first experience in the class, I wrote about how amazing it was and how difficult It was to control my wandering thoughts. Over time, I have been thinking about how I can use Buddhist meditation to combat trauma, personal challenges, and grief. When we look at the news, we are often swarmed with images of violence and despair that can ma