ARTICLE
Buddha and the Bulls
By Hugh Delehant — 1994
A Buddhist practitioner for twenty years, Phil Jackson revolutionized coaching by leading with a Zen approach to the sport that centers on awareness training, selfless teamwork, and “aggressiveness without anger.”
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TEACHER
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Presence (100)
- Mindfulness (64)
- Christianity (63)
- Romantic Relationships (63)
- Self-Mastery (62)
- Zen Buddhism (61)
- Communication Skills (60)
- Collaboration (54)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (53)
- Spiritual Practices (53)
- Work Challenges (53)
- Offering Support to Others (51)
- Self-Development (51)
- BIPOC Well-Being (49)
- Enlightenment (49)
- Friendship (48)
- Spiritual Awakening (46)
- Spiritual Growth (39)
- Self-Discovery (38)
- Self-Realization (38)
- Inner Life (35)
- Spiritual Life (35)
- Mind-Body Connection (34)
- Psychology and Spirituality (34)
- Fellowship and Community (33)
- Mindfulness Practices (33)
- Somatic Practices (33)
- Stress Management (31)
- Tibetan Buddhism (31)
- Black Well-Being (29)
- Consciousness (29)
- Dharma (29)
- Inner Peace (29)
- Mindfulness Meditation (29)
- Activism/Service (28)
- Community Healing (28)
- Creative Well-Being (27)
- Racism (27)
- Transformation (27)
- Compassion (25)
- Illness and Injury (25)
- Neuroscience (25)
- Happiness (24)
- Imagination and Creativity (24)
- Anxiety (23)
- Athlete Well-Being (23)
- Identity (23)
- Marriage (23)
- Neurodiversity (23)
- Self-Healing (23)
- Self-Love (23)
- Spiritual Development (23)
- Zen Meditation (23)
- Authenticity (22)
- Cancer (22)
- Building Character (21)
- Social Justice (21)
- Suffering (21)
- Work Relationships (21)
- Guided Meditation (20)
- Leadership (20)
- Self-Compassion (20)
- Breathwork (19)
- Intimacy (19)
- Life Challenges (18)
- Parenting (18)
- Self-Acceptance (18)
- Emotional and Mental Health (17)
- Empowerment (17)
- Finding Meaning (17)
- Intention (17)
- Love (17)
- Racial Justice (17)
- Forgiveness (16)
- Human Potential (16)
- Oneness (16)
- Perception (16)
- Racial Identity (16)
- Search for Purpose (16)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (16)
- Trauma Healing (16)
- Autism (15)
- Divorce and Breakup (15)
- Fear (15)
- Focus (15)
- Racial Healing (15)
- Relationship with Time (15)
- Self-Actualization (15)
- Well-Being (15)
- Female Empowerment (14)
- Goal Setting (14)
- Joy (14)
- Self-Care (14)
- Self-Reckoning (14)
- Women’s Well-Being (14)
- Work-Life Balance (14)
- Anger (13)
- Embodiment (13)
- Honoring Emotion (13)
- Letting Go (13)
- Memoir (13)
- Science and Spirituality (13)
- Spiritual Direction (13)
- Spiritual Healing (13)
- Unity (13)
- Vulnerability (13)
- ADD/ADHD (12)
- Conflict Resolution (12)
- Courage (12)
- Cross-Cultural Parenting (12)
- Depression (12)
- Grief (12)
- Acceptance (11)
- Connection with Nature (11)
- Entrepreneurship (11)
- Freedom (11)
- God (11)
- Grit (11)
- Interdependence (11)
- Lovingkindness (11)
- Personal Development (11)
- Resilience (11)
- Self-Control (11)
- Trust (11)
- Values (11)
- Yoga (11)
- Belonging (10)
- Buddha Nature (10)
- Decision Making (10)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (10)
- Empathy (10)
- Family Dynamics (10)
- Insight (Vipassana) Meditation (10)
- Moral Philosophy (10)
- Non-Duality (10)
- Prayer (10)
- Racial Discrimination (10)
- Self-Worth (10)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (10)
- Speaking Your Truth (10)
- Stress (10)
- Toxic Relationships (10)
- AAPI Well-Being (9)
- Indigenous Well-Being (9)
- Inner Strengths (9)
- Inspiration (9)
- Living with Illness (9)
- Spirituality and Politics (9)
- Work Ethic (9)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (8)
- Faith (8)
- Gender and Spirituality (8)
- Gratitude (8)
- Habit Formation (8)
- Journaling (8)
- Karma (8)
- Mantra Meditation (8)
- Motivation (8)
- Negative Self-Talk (8)
- Social Responsibility (8)
- Somatic Experiencing (8)
- Caregiver Well-Being (7)
- Chronic Health Conditions (7)
- Confidence (7)
- Connection (7)
- Diamond Approach (7)
- Gender Discrimination (7)
- Growth Mindset (7)
- Habits of Mind (7)
- Latinx Well-Being (7)
- Physical Health (7)
- Problem Solving (7)
- Productivity (7)
- PTSD (7)
- Self-Reliance (7)
- Shadow (7)
- Spiritual Quest (7)
- Sutras (7)
- Veteran Well-Being (7)
- Withholding (7)
- Addiction (6)
- Addiction Recovery (6)
- Aging (6)
- Building Culture (6)
- Conscious Evolution (6)
- Ego Transcendence (6)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (6)
- Intergenerational Trauma (6)
- Intuition (6)
- Judaism (6)
- Passive-Aggressive Behavior (6)
- Poetry (6)
- Self-Expression (6)
- Trauma (6)
- Young Adult Well-Being (6)
- Altered States (5)
- Chronic Pain (5)
- Compassion Meditation (5)
- Curiosity (5)
- Disconnection (5)
- Ego (5)
- Energy Healing (5)
- Enneagram (5)
- Global Challenges (5)
- Grace (5)
- Guilt (5)
- Healing Approaches (5)
- Hope (5)
- Humility (5)
- Loneliness (5)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (5)
- Mysticism (5)
- Neuroplasticity (5)
- New Relationships (5)
- Passion (5)
- Peak Performance (5)
- Positive Self-Talk (5)
- Poverty/Economic Inequality (5)
- Self-Esteem (5)
- Shame (5)
- The Divine (5)
- Visualization (5)
- Walking Meditation (5)
- Accepting Love (4)
- Access to Education (4)
- Afterlife (4)
- Christian Mysticism (4)
- Climate Change (4)
- Competition (4)
- Dark Night of the Soul (4)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (4)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (4)
- Ecospirituality (4)
- Energy Balancing (4)
- Faith and Identity (4)
- Female Friendship (4)
- Gender Challenges (4)
- Jungian Analysis (4)
- Kids and Sports (4)
- Kindness (4)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (4)
- Life Force Energy (4)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (4)
- Manifestation (4)
- Movement Meditation (4)
- Narcissism (4)
- Nonviolence (4)
- Panic Attacks (4)
- Quantum Physics (4)
- Relationship with Money (4)
- Ritual (4)
- Sex (4)
- Sexuality (4)
- Soul Mission (4)
- Storytelling (4)
- Subconscious (4)
- Sufism (4)
- Taoism (4)
- The Feldenkrais Method (4)
- Transitions (4)
- Unconscious Bias (4)
- Unfulfilled Career (4)
- Wholeness (4)
- Youth Activism (4)
- Autoimmune Disease (3)
- Awe (3)
- Brain Health (3)
- Burnout (3)
- Calming Meditation (3)
- Child’s Trauma (3)
- Collective Trauma (3)
- Coming Out (3)
- Conscience (3)
- Criticism and Rejection (3)
- Death and Dying (3)
- Dreamwork (3)
- Emotional Labor (3)
- Environmental Justice (3)
- Exercise (3)
- Facing Own Death (3)
- Failure (3)
- Family Acceptance (3)
- Fiction (3)
- Immigration and Assimilation (3)
- Integrative Medicine (3)
- Integrity (3)
- Islam (3)
- Jealousy/Envy (3)
- LGBTQIA Relationships (3)
- Male Friendship (3)
- Motherhood (3)
- Mythology (3)
- Patience (3)
- Personality Typing (3)
- Philosophical Approaches (3)
- Psychology (3)
- Quitting Your Job (3)
- Sacred Feminine (3)
- Sleep (3)
- Social Media Addiction (3)
- Social Presence (3)
- Stoicism (3)
- Sustainability (3)
- Talk Therapy (3)
- Transcendental Meditation (3)
- Transgender Well-Being (3)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy (3)
- War (3)
- Whiteness (3)
- Willpower (3)
- Abandonment (2)
- Adaptability (2)
- Affirmations (2)
- Anger Management (2)
- Asking for Help (2)
- Attachment Theory (2)
- Body Scan Meditation (2)
- Chakras (2)
- Chanting (2)
- Children’s Well-Being (2)
- Chronic Anxiety (2)
- Compassion Fatigue (2)
- Dementia (2)
- Diet and Nutrition (2)
- Digital Life (2)
- Disabled Well-Being (2)
- Doubt (2)
- Drug Addiction (2)
- Ego Dissolution (2)
- Endurance (2)
- Environmental Exploitation (2)
- Gender Justice (2)
- Generosity (2)
- Goddess (2)
- Higher Calling (2)
- Highly Sensitive People (2)
- Holism (2)
- Honoring Ancestors (2)
- Incarceration (2)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (2)
- Kabbalah (2)
- Kundalini Yoga (2)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (2)
- Life-Altering Injury (2)
- Memory (2)
- Mental Health Challenges (2)
- Mentoring (2)
- Midlife Crisis (2)
- Native American Beliefs (2)
- Optimism (2)
- Othering (2)
- Past Lives and Reincarnation (2)
- Positive Psychology (2)
- Race and Gender (2)
- Religious Experience (2)
- Rest (2)
- Self-Discipline (2)
- Sexual Assault or Abuse (2)
- Social Anxiety (2)
- Social Psychology (2)
- Spirituality and Health (2)
- Suicide (2)
- Transpersonal Psychology (2)
- Vedic Meditation (2)
- Visions and Hallucinations (2)
- Women’s Rights (2)
- A Course in Miracles (1)
- Acupuncture (1)
- Adjusting to Parenthood (1)
- Adoption (1)
- Alexander Technique (1)
- Animal Connection (1)
- Ashtanga Yoga (1)
- Astral Projection (1)
- Ayahuasca (1)
- Ayurveda (1)
- Body Positivity (1)
- Bodywork (1)
- Bullying (1)
- Celibacy (1)
- Challenges with Teens (1)
- Channeling (1)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (1)
- Chronic Fatigue (1)
- Clairvoyance and Precognition (1)
- Codependency (1)
- Cognition (1)
- Despair (1)
- Divination Systems (1)
- Domestic Abuse (1)
- Economic Justice (1)
- Fate (1)
- Fatherhood (1)
- Fatigue (1)
- Following Bliss (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Generational Healing (1)
- Healing Touch (1)
- Healthy Eating (1)
- Heartmath (1)
- Hero’s Journey (1)
- Homophobia (1)
- Household Labor (1)
- Humanitarian Aid/Relief Work (1)
- Identity Shifts (1)
- Imposter Syndrome (1)
- Indigenous Rights (1)
- Infidelity (1)
- Inflammation (1)
- Inner Child (1)
- Jewish Renewal (1)
- Kundalini (1)
- Learning Styles (1)
- Leaving a Religion (1)
- Lifestyle Medicine (1)
- Longevity (1)
- Love Languages (1)
- Managing Energy (1)
- Men’s Well-Being (1)
- Near-Death Experience (1)
- Neuropsychology (1)
- OCD (1)
- Performance Pressure (1)
- Plant Spirit Medicine (1)
- Play (1)
- Pleasing Parents (1)
- Positive Thinking (1)
- Post-Traumatic Growth (1)
- Psilocybin (1)
- Psychedelic Journey (1)
- Psychedelic Research (1)
- Qi (1)
- Raising Daughters (1)
- Rebirth (1)
- Regret (1)
- Retirement (1)
- Rolfing (1)
- Runes (1)
- Sabbath (1)
- Shamanism (1)
- Situational Depression (1)
- Sleep Disorders (1)
- Slumps (1)
- Sound Healing (1)
- Spiritual Fasting (1)
- Synchronicity (1)
- Tarot (1)
- Teacher Burnout (1)
- The Unconscious (1)
- Theta Healing (1)
- Traumatic Grief (1)
- Veganism (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- Harriet Lerner (16)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (16)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (14)
- Shunryu Suzuki (14)
- Thubten Chodron (14)
- Norman Fischer (8)
- Sylvia Boorstein (8)
- A. H. Almaas (7)
- Buddha (7)
- Deepak Chopra (7)
- Jesus (7)
- Pema Chödrön (7)
- Tara Brach (7)
- Brendon Burchard (6)
- Charlotte Joko Beck (6)
- Daniel Goleman (6)
- Howard Thurman (6)
- Lorin Roche (6)
- Reginald Ray (6)
- Riane Eisler (6)
- Russell Brand (6)
- Shinzen Young (6)
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (6)
- Arnold Mindell (5)
- Byron Katie (5)
- Christine Caldwell (5)
- Debbie Ford (5)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (5)
- Don Hanlon Johnson (5)
- don Miguel Ruiz (5)
- Elizabeth Lesser (5)
- Esther Perel (5)
- Jack Kornfield (5)
- Lodro Rinzler (5)
- Patanjali (5)
- Rachel Held Evans (5)
- Ram Dass (5)
- Rob Bell (5)
- Sharon Salzberg (5)
- Alan Watts (4)
- Amy Cuddy (4)
- Andy Puddicombe (4)
- Anthony de Mello (4)
- Charles Tart (4)
- Dan Harris (4)
- don Jose Ruiz (4)
- Gary Chapman (4)
- Gaylon Ferguson (4)
- James H. Cone (4)
- Julie Schwartz Gottman (4)
- Luisah Teish (4)
- Noah Elkrief (4)
- Osho (4)
- Stephan Bodian (4)
- Stephen Mitchell (4)
- angel Kyodo williams (3)
- Bhikku Anālayo (3)
- Brené Brown (3)
- Chögyam Trungpa (3)
- Edward Hallowell (3)
- Elaine Pagels (3)
- Gangaji (3)
- Gary Zukav (3)
- J. Krishnamurti (3)
- Jan Willis (3)
- Jeffrey Mishlove (3)
- Joanna Macy (3)
- Joseph Goldstein (3)
- Judith Blackstone (3)
- Kabir Helminski (3)
- Kelly McGonigal (3)
- Ken Wilber (3)
- Kim Eng (3)
- Light Watkins (3)
- Louise Hay (3)
- Matthieu Ricard (3)
- Noah Levine (3)
- Oprah Winfrey (3)
- Peter A. Levine (3)
- Peter Senge (3)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (3)
- Ramani Durvasula (3)
- Ruth King (3)
- Sandy Boucher (3)
- Simon Sinek (3)
- Thomas Moore (3)
- Adriene Mishler (2)
- Adyashanti (2)
- Andrew Harvey (2)
- Caroline Welch (2)
- Chan Khong (2)
- Charles Johnson (2)
- Cornel West (2)
- Dan Millman (2)
- Daniel Amen (2)
- Daniel J. Siegel (2)
- Danya Ruttenberg (2)
- David R. Hawkins (2)
- David Steindl-Rast (2)
- Diane Stein (2)
- Elaine Aron (2)
- Elena Brower (2)
- Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel (2)
- Evelyn Underhill (2)
- Gabor Maté (2)
- Gay Hendricks (2)
- Harville Hendrix (2)
- Helen LaKelly Hunt (2)
- Huston Smith (2)
- Ilia Delio (2)
- Iyanla Vanzant (2)
- Jack Canfield (2)
- James Hollis (2)
- James Martin (2)
- Joan Halifax (2)
- John Bradshaw (2)
- John Gottman (2)
- Jon Bernie (2)
- Jon Kabat-Zinn (2)
- Jonni Pollard (2)
- Justin Michael Williams (2)
- Karen Casey (2)
- Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (2)
- Kate Johnson (2)
- Kathlyn Hendricks (2)
- Lama Rod Owens (2)
- Lama Tsultrim Allione (2)
- Liz Theoharis (2)
- Lori Gottlieb (2)
- Marcus Aurelius (2)
- Marie Forleo (2)
- Mark Nepo (2)
- Maya Angelou (2)
- Megan Devine (2)
- Michael A. Singer (2)
- Michael Bernard Beckwith (2)
- Michael Brown (2)
- Miles Neale (2)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (2)
- Natalie Goldberg (2)
- Neale Donald Walsch (2)
- Nikki Mirghafori (2)
- Ralph De La Rosa (2)
- Resmaa Menakem (2)
- Rich Roll (2)
- Richard Davidson (2)
- Rick Hanson (2)
- Risa Kaparo (2)
- Roger Walsh (2)
- Rumi (2)
- Russ Hudson (2)
- Ruth Denison (2)
- Sadhguru (2)
- Sam Harris (2)
- Sarah Blondin (2)
- Sharon Strand Ellison (2)
- Sister Jenna (2)
- Susan Piver (2)
- Terri Cole (2)
- Yung Pueblo (2)
- adrienne maree brown (1)
- Aldous Huxley (1)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (1)
- Alison Green (1)
- Amishi Jha (1)
- Amit Goswami (1)
- Amy Morin (1)
- Amy Scher (1)
- Andrew Holecek (1)
- Andrew Weil (1)
- Angela Duckworth (1)
- Angeles Arrien (1)
- Ann Marie Chiasson (1)
- Anne Lamott (1)
- Aristotle (1)
- Ashley Neese (1)
- Barbara Emrys (1)
- Biet Simkin (1)
- Brian Tracy (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Cal Newport (1)
- Carl Jung (1)
- Carolyn Baker (1)
- Chalene Johnson (1)
- Chip Conley (1)
- Colette Baron-Reid (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Craig Hamilton (1)
- Cyndi Dale (1)
- Daisaku Ikeda (1)
- Daisy Khan (1)
- Danielle MacKinnon (1)
- David Chadwick (1)
- David Cooper (1)
- David J. Wolpe (1)
- David Spiegel (1)
- David Whyte (1)
- don Miguel Ruiz Jr. (1)
- Donna Eden (1)
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa (1)
- Dorothy Day (1)
- Dorothy Firman (1)
- Edgar Cayce (1)
- Elizabeth Gilbert (1)
- Fariha Róisín (1)
- Grandmother Flordemayo (1)
- Guru Jagat (1)
- Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (1)
- HeatherAsh Amara (1)
- Helen Weng (1)
- Ida Rolf (1)
- Jacqueline Carter (1)
- James Baraz (1)
- James Hillman (1)
- James Oschman (1)
- Jane Hirshfield (1)
- Jean Houston (1)
- Jean Shinoda Bolen (1)
- Jeremy Narby (1)
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (1)
- Joe Dispenza (1)
- John C. Parkin (1)
- John O’Donohue (1)
- John Welwood (1)
- José Shinzan Palma (1)
- Joseph Campbell (1)
- Joseph M. Marshall III (1)
- Judith Orloff (1)
- Judson Brewer (1)
- Julia Cameron (1)
- Karen Armstrong (1)
- Karen Johnson (1)
- Karen May (1)
- Kenneth Pelletier (1)
- Konda Mason (1)
- Krista Tippett (1)
- Lama Surya Das (1)
- Lawrence Kushner (1)
- Leah Guy (1)
- Lissa Rankin (1)
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1)
- Marianne Williamson (1)
- Mark Epstein (1)
- Mark Victor Hansen (1)
- Mark Wolynn (1)
- Martin Seligman (1)
- Matt Kahn (1)
- Mel Robbins (1)
- Melanie Joy (1)
- Mooji (1)
- Myokei Caine-Barrett (1)
- Nancy Mellon (1)
- Neil Pasricha (1)
- Nelson Mandela (1)
- Oliver Sacks (1)
- Paul Gilbert (1)
- Paulo Coelho (1)
- Peter Crone (1)
- Peter Russell (1)
- Philip Goldberg (1)
- Phillip Moffitt (1)
- Rachel Brathen (1)
- Raymond Buckland (1)
- Rhonda Magee (1)
- Rich Fernandez (1)
- Rick Fields (1)
- Robert A. Johnson (1)
- Robert Augustus Masters (1)
- Robert Pirsig (1)
- Robert Thurman (1)
- Robin Berzin (1)
- Roland Griffiths (1)
- Rolf Gates (1)
- Rupert Sheldrake (1)
- Ryōkan Taigu (1)
- Sally Kempton (1)
- SARK (1)
- Shakti Gawain (1)
- Shauna Shapiro (1)
- Shefali Tsabary (1)
- Sheila Rubin (1)
- Stan Tatkin (1)
- Starhawk (1)
- Stephen Cope (1)
- Stephen Covey (1)
- Swami Vivekananda (1)
- Sylvia Wetzel (1)
- Terry Real (1)
- Thomas Amelio (1)
- Thomas Berry (1)
- Thomas Hübl (1)
- Toni Morrison (1)
- Tony Gaskins Jr. (1)
- Tony Robbins (1)
- Valarie Kaur (1)
- Wendell Berry (1)
- William Barber (1)
- Wim Hof (1)
- Yael Shy (1)
- Yogi Bhajan (1)
- Zainab Salbi (1)
1
Only awareness of your shadow qualities can help you to find an appropriate place for your unredeemed darkness and thereby create a more satisfying experience.4
1