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A Buddhist Perspective on Crime, Punishment, and Redemption
The value of rehabilitation and redemption in social reform
Uploaded 22 Nov 2018
“Hyphenated-American”
A question of identity
Uploaded 28 Dec 2017
Conversations about Cause and Effect
Introducing children to the concept of karma
Uploaded 12 Aug 2016
Reinstating Animal Rights in Sri Lanka
Charting changing attitudes towards animal rights in a Buddhist nation
Uploaded 30 Jun 2016
“We Have All Made Mistakes” - Teaching Mindfulness in Prisons: A Different Kind of Rehabilitation
Ven. Yin Kit Sik on bringing the Dharma to prison inmates in Canada
Uploaded 22 Apr 2016
Jizo: Japan’s Beloved Savior of Lost Souls
Printed multiple images of Jizo. Japan, Muromachi period (1333–1574), ink on paper. Image courtesy of Sam Fogg, London.   The Buddhist deity Kshitigarbha, or “He who encompasses the
Uploaded 15 May 2015
“Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers:” In Conversation with Venerable Buddhadatta
This is the second article in our series “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers.” Here, John Cannon converses with Venerable Buddhadatta from Wonmyung Meditation Center about the Buddhis
Uploaded 22 Aug 2014
Tenfold Recitation in Pure Land: Rebirth on the Lowest Level of the Lowest Grade
Rebirth by Amitabha-recitation in 10 times   Master Tanluan (476-542 CE), a prominent patriarch in Pure Land Buddhism, interpreted ‘reciting Amitabha ten times’ with an analytical s
Uploaded 9 May 2014
Thriving Buddhist Communities in Bangladesh: Part Three
Editor’s note: Jnan Nanda completed his BA Hons from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and his MA from the University of Hong Kong where he presently teaches Reading in Buddhist Sanskrit
Uploaded 31 Dec 2013
Thriving Buddhist Communities in Bangladesh: Part One
Editor’s note: Jnan Nanda completed his BA Hons from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and his MA from the University of Hong Kong where he presently teaches Reading in Buddhist Sanskrit T
Uploaded 16 Dec 2013
Expressing Buddhahood: Stories and Narratives in Buddhist China
E.M. Forster, when discussing novels, observed that the narration of “the king died and the queen also died” was a fact, but “the king died and the queen died of sadness” was a
Uploaded 1 Nov 2013
The Legacy of Ch’an Master Xu Yun (1840-1959)
Master Xu Yun had an extraordinary and very long life. He lived into his 120th year, and his life spanned two centuries and three dynasties. It is a belief within traditional Chinese culture that the
Uploaded 1 Aug 2013
Chinese Buddhist Movement Brings 6 Steps to a Happy, Healthy and Fulfilling Life
Some years ago in the city of Da Tong in Shaanxi Province in China a local made some suggestions to an ill neighbour as to how he might become better. He suggested six things the ill person should do
Uploaded 6 May 2013
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