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Theravada Buddhism and Teresian Mysticism: A Reflection on Interreligious Dialogue
Thoughts on the first Carmelite-Buddhist interfaith dialogue
Uploaded 18 Aug 2017
Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: The First Buddhist Nunnery in the UK
A milestone for female monasticism in Britain
Uploaded 5 Aug 2016
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Meditation
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
Uploaded 12 Jul 2013
Environmental Concern in the Discourses of Dīgha Nikāya
Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008.   01. Introduction The term ‘environment’ includes
Uploaded 26 Apr 2013
Reflections on the Nature of the Conscious Moment
Undoubtedly this is an enormous topic, and acknowledging how it has been vastly covered in various philosophies of both the West and the East I will attempt to neither summarize its historical treatme
Uploaded 28 Feb 2011
‘The Importance of Reliable Authority and Guidance’: A Buddhist Response (1)
Introduction   Mariusz Popieluch wrote a second unveiling article on the philosophy of life pertaining to ‘Authority and Guidance’. His philosophical thought resonates with what I have been presen
Uploaded 7 Feb 2011
"Buddha" by Osamu Tezuka
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? Why not buy them a contemporary, gripping retelling of the Buddha’s life? To date, the late Osamu Tezuka’s (Astro Boy) monumental graphic novel series Buddha re
Uploaded 20 Dec 2010
‘Happiness’ as Explained
To the question why anybody in life does anything at all, the answer, undoubtedly, is to satisfy his or her mental and physical need/s. This mental or physical need/s that satisfies him/her might be e
Uploaded 17 Aug 2010
The Story of the Buddha
Many of you may wonder why Shakyamuni called himself the “Buddha” after his enlightenment
Uploaded 1 Dec 2006
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