What Is Power?
How to move through life more powerfully
The Buddhist Teachings inside Russian Doll
How the cycle of death and rebirth plays out in the television series
The Power and Purpose of Human Intention in Buddhism
Good intentions offer the possibility of liberation in Buddhism
Female Power in the Himalayas
Goddesses, bodhisattvas, and dakinis are prominent in Hindu and Buddhist art
Buddhist Faith and Political Power
Art offers insights into this complex relationship
Waking Up to Power Is a Spiritual Practice
How meditation and activism can work together to quiet the mind in a loud, troubled world
Alien-Nation: And the Voice of Shahidul Alam
The Bangladeshi photographer and activist risks his freedom for protest
This Is Your Brain on Power
According to neuroscientist Sukhvinder Obhi, power is neither good nor bad—it's all in the way you use it
Art and Acts of Resistance in Clapping with Stones
Challenging traditional power structures through poetic, subversive artistic gestures
Breath for Guan Yin
Poetry on power
POWER OBJECT: LISA ROSS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: E. V. DAY
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: BEN VENOM
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: KEMBRA PFAHLER
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: JACK WATERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: SANFORD BIGGERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
A Light in the Darkness
How solar power is saving the lives of mothers and newborns in Africa and Asia and being delivered to disaster zones around the world

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