English Articles by Kumāra Bhikkhu

Mental Health

• Tips on Handling Criticism
• When Defilements Fall in Love
• Venting Suppressed Anger
• Unexpected Recovery from Bipolar Disorder
• Cultivate Confidence: Two Ways in the Suttas
• Dealing With Anxiety
• Is Rationalizing Your Suffering a Good Idea?
• Understanding Anger with Kindness
• How to Deal With Negative Emotions
• How to Settle the Mind to Face an Issue
• Real Improvement Begins With Acceptance
• Leaving Toxic Situations Is Not Escapism
• From Cold Disconnection to Warm Connection
• The Middle Path of Crying
• Why Some People Can’t Succeed?
• How to Meditate if You Have Mental Illness

Meditation

• ADHD-Friendly Way to Meditate
• Tame the Temptation: Strategies to Deal with Negative Desires
• When Meditators Misunderstand Samādhi As Concentration
• How Open Awareness Meditation Leads to Ending Suffering
• Why Many People Don’t Suffer Less Despite Years of Meditation
• How to Gain the Jhānas of the Suttas
• How to Make the Best of Your Meditation Retreat
• Challenges and Strategies of Integrating Meditation into Daily Life
• Why Some People Can’t Do Mindfulness of Breathing?
• Why Some People Become Drowsy When They Meditate?
• Meditation Tips

   

Real-life Stories

• How I Became a Monk: Part 1
• How I Became a Monk: Part 2
• How I Became a Monk: Part 3
• The ‘Impressive’ Monk
• A Lost Father
• From Flirting to Fear to Healing
• A Journey of Healing From Addiction
• The Boy Who Drew a Well

Parenting

• Why Sunday Dhamma Schools Can’t Help Your Children Become Better People, and How You Can
• Parenting Without Going Crazy

   

Miscellaneous

• Could Diabetes Be Caused by the Mind?
• Dangers of Being Fascinated with Psychics
• Homosexual Acts in the Early Buddhist Perspective
• Untangling the Truth About Dāna
• How Schema Therapy Can Support Your Dhamma Practice
• Dismantling Racism: Beyond Labels and the Ego
• Temporary Ordination: Is it right?
• A Message to Theravāda Buddhists
• ‘Buddhist’ Teachers to Watch Out For
• Is Your Buddhist Group Cultish?
• Where Buddhism Meets Modern Psychotherapy