What engineering can learn from samma samadhi, the last of the Eight Precepts

A thriving Dharma community making a difference

A look at one of Thailand's most important religious festivals

Tara Frances takes us to the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre, a Theravada Buddhist retreat center that is at the forefront of Buddhist evolution in Australia.

Enhancing communal harmony at the end of the annual rains retreat

Samaneri Gautami on her path towards becoming a bhikkhuni

BD Dipananda on the origin of the Honey-offering Festival

Samaneri Gautami on her path to becoming a bhikkhuni

Part three of the extraordinary life of Ani Zamba Chozom!

The Southeast Asian countries Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar are known for their many colorful and enjoyable festivals. One of the most popular is Magha Puja or Sangha Day, an important Buddhis

From 25 May to 4 June, John Cannon and Jnan Nanda traveled to Bangladesh to visit friends and Buddhist temples, including ancient archaeological sites in different parts of the country. They criss-cro

When my elders retold to me Bangladesh’s struggle for independence, I was regaled with the fundamental principles that make an independent nation-state worth living in. One of these was religious plur

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

Part two of a series about the ancient rains-retreat