The story of the founder of Dharma Drum Mountain

Exploring the indispensable female narrative in Buddhism

A seminal work on the nine yanas

Avoiding attachment to illusory gains of spiritual achievement

Insights of one of the world’s foremost contemporary makers of mandalas

Around the time I first became interested in the Buddha’s path, I was doing a construction internship in the southwest of the United States, living and working with 15 other people in the middle

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road does not mean they are lost.” - Dalai Lama (goodreads)   In my personal spiritual journey, I’ve

Perspectives from Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Pema Chödrön, and more

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

This is the first of a series of articles on Japanese Buddhism written by Gereon Kopf for Buddhistdoor.   When I was teaching at the University of Hong Kong from 2008–9, I was routinely asked about

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – The Buddha   Introduction   So many are living stressful lives filled with hatred, greed, anger and other unwholesome states of mind. Our he

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 1, October 2006.        How joyful to look upon the Awakened  And to keep company with the wise. Follow the shi

Last week, Buddhistdoor held a lucky draw for Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche’s new book, Rebel Buddha (Shambhala, 2010). The ideas of this Generation X-esque manual presuppose the belief that the Blessed On