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

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

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 14, December 2009. Āsava(s) together with latent tendencies (anusaya), fetters (saṃyojana) and hindrances (

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 2, January 2007. 1. Introduction This article presents a summary elucidation of the key principl