Decoding media myth-making

US presidential race highlights extent of political decay

Do incongruences in Buddhist scriptures imply unspoken subterfuge?

Film review of Toei Animation's "Buddha 2!"

Who is the coolest actor in the world?   Tom Cruise? Bruce Willis? Brad Pitt? Johnny Depp, you say? Most of these famous names would have been ignored in 1995— the year that the Los Angeles Times clai

In today’s action-packed cinema, it is almost de rigueur to see a computer-generated alien take over the world in a fierce battle between the human race and beings unknown. Our heroes have become men

Julia Roberts’s enigmatic smile is perhaps one of the best highlights of the film Pretty Woman. But for a lot of us, Richard Gere’s charm is what made the film worthwhile (even after watch

Do religious ideas inspire art, or does the yearning to express art kindle faith? Wendy Yeo R.W.S.W. (Royal Watercolour Society of Wales) has enjoyed a career that has allowed her to explore both ques

“If music be the food of love, play on. So Shakespeare gloriously states in Twelfth Night.” Music can also play an important role in religious expression, allowing devotees to have an immediate emotio

If you're reading this, it means that the Apocalypse did not arrive on May 21st, 2011 as predicted by the evangelical preacher Harold Camping. Doomsday scenarios are an interesting phenomenon, particu

The Catholic monk and supporter of Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Merton, once wrote about the mass American media:  “When I did happen to pass in front of a [TV] set, I saw the commercial that

One theme never recedes into the background of Buddhist discipleship. This theme is love, and countless masters and dharma-preachers have spent their lives ascertaining how to make love unconditional.

A film club has been set-up in Suffolk to look at the 'spiritual' aspects of Hollywood movies such as The Matrix, Donnie Darko and Star Wars. Once a month, the Ipswich Buddhist Centre runs film nig

Last year in Hong Kong, several venerables and other monks gathered together to marry the daughter of a Buddhist and her new husband. A joyous milestone indeed, but Buddhist love remains, at its core,