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<i>Buddhistdoor View</i>: Words Matter—How Harmful Speech is Poisoning Society
US presidential race highlights extent of political decay
Uploaded 4 Mar 2016
A Buddhist Conspiracy Theory: The Struggle for Succession after the Buddha’s Death
Do incongruences in Buddhist scriptures imply unspoken subterfuge?
Uploaded 4 Dec 2015
The Bulletproof Buddhist Actor
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
Uploaded 5 Dec 2014
Celebrity Spotlight: The Lightning-fast Buddhist
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
Uploaded 19 Sep 2014
Celebrity Spotlight: Richard Gere—A Movie Star and Buddhist Spokesperson
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
Uploaded 27 Aug 2014
Wendy Yeo on Art and Religion: “The world is full of movement and cycles”
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
Uploaded 8 Aug 2014
The Sound of the Dharma: Exclusive Interview with Andrew Williams
“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
Uploaded 11 Jun 2014
Doomsday Myths: Reminders of Impermanence
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
Uploaded 24 May 2011
Meditation: Stepping Back from the Tube
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
Uploaded 6 Jul 2010
The relationship between non-attachment and unconditional love in Buddhism
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.
Uploaded 9 Apr 2010
Ipswich Buddhist Centre and its take on Hollywood
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
Uploaded 8 Jan 2010
Happy Marriages from the Buddha’s Perspective
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,
Uploaded 1 Jan 2010
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