Sharing the treasures of the Pali Canon

On the sixth practice of the Noble Eightfold Path

Reaching understanding on the path to wisdom

The path to providing wisdom, healing division, and creating peace

Introducing a new column on the teachings of Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism versus the market economy

The city of Kandy is the cultural stronghold of Sri Lanka. It preserves its identity and the cultural aspects of Theravada Buddhism that have influenced millions. Reviving Theravada Buddhism and stren

  Editorial Note: Ven. Priya Rakkhit is a young Theravāda monk from the Chittagong Plain, Bangladesh. He is presently in Hong Kong pursuing Buddhist studies at the Centre of Buddhi

Materialists claim that the physical world, which can be touched and measured, is the only reality that exists. But Buddhism sees the physical world as merely illusions arisen from creations of the mi

The practice of mindful meditation can provide a great host of benefits to anyone that actively pursues it, especially in a modern world full of enhanced stresses and defilements that so often remove

1. Introduction Through intellectual, moral and spiritual perfection, the Noble Eightfold path leads to happiness, peace and freedom. It is the path that begins with moral conduct and leads to

Introduction   Theravᾱda Buddhism is widely recognized as a religion emphasizing personal salvation without any regard for social welfare. Therefore, it is named as the Hinayᾱna, which means a self-

Introduction   There are some satisfactory definitions of ‘crime’ and ‘criminal'. But the question of ‘what is a crime ?’ has baffled thinkers on ethics for centur

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 6, December 2007.IntroductionAccording to Abhidhamma, if one does not apprehend the true nature of language , th