Learning from the Buddha's example

Asking questions; creating solutions

On the way to Vienna for the 17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) in the early morning of 18 August, the good memories of the 16th Congress at Dharma Drum Mountain

Nepal is one of the most sought after destinations whether for pilgrimage or tourism. In February 2012, when I was studying at the University of Pune in India, staff from the Department of Pali arrang

A four-part series on the Buddhist diffusion in Russia!

Wisdom and Means, Emptiness and Compassion: Philosophical Problems   In this column’s first segment, we explored how Shantideva’s idea of compassion, noble as it was, led to some very interesting q

Editor's note: This poem was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 8, June 2008. It is a general assumption of the most scholars that the Emptiness Theory of Nāgārjuna is a kind of r

Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 8, June 2008. Introduction In general when we talk about the Buddha, we tend to refer to the biographical accoun

Self-existence and the real meaning of emptiness

Introduction For people who try to adopt a scholastic approach to Buddhism, the issue of “rebirth” often poses a vexing problem. Initially, one may try to dismiss it as superstition and unscientific