Secular expressions of a karmic destiny

Liaofan's Four Lessons on how to create your own destiny

A history of Nichiren Buddhism in India since 1931

Tracing the course of Buddhist destiny

Artist Ela Pedma expresses the Dharma in bronze sculpture

Joseph Houseal on the Cham Dance in Ladakh

A Tang-era butcher transformed by Shandao

Wisdom 2.0 in Singapore

Dr. Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne embodies patient but unwavering activism in a frail body of 83 years. The instant I shook his wrinkled hand at his residence, I felt I was with someone who could truly

Fourteen years ago, José Cabezón argued brilliantly that “theology” should no longer be a dirty word in Buddhism (despite being derived from the Greek word theos, or “God”). He proposed that Buddhist

What is the difference between Heaven and a Buddha’s Pure Land? This is a question that has vexed outsiders and beginners to Pure Land Buddhism. In this article I’d like to explore in detail why the t

In my search for people to help me with my research, it has been my lucky destiny to have come across one such influential person in my life. Hoh Foo Kong, a retired school teacher from Malaysia, intr

In this three-part series, Pure Land columnist Alan Kwan examines the three most important vows of Amitabha Buddha’s forty-eight vows, which constitute Amitabha’s plan for saving sentient beings. Thes

The author has spent many years in China as a ‘bridge builder’, that is, being a bridge between East and West and introducing Pure Land Buddhism to a Western audience. He has watched many people come