Engendering connections and open dialogue in the season of good will

A Brief History of the Formation of the Land of Bliss   According to the Infinite Life Sutra, in the era of Lokeshvararaja Tathagata, there was once a king who left his royal family and became

The fact that thousands of dalits are embracing Buddhism is great news for any lover of non-violence, and for the Buddhist community in particular. It reaffirms the idea that Buddhism is the last refu

Violence is an obvious phenomenon in the present world. Among various causes of violence are politics, culture, religion, race etc. They are in fact some outer symptoms having deeper psychological bas

Editor's note: This is a speech given by Ven. Santini at Smrti Park, Bihar State, India during the International Buddhist Sangha Conference this year. She has very generously allowed us to re-publish her

  Original Chinese text: Dr. Thomas Lau Translation: Isabelle Tsang  English editing: Dr. Thomas Lau      This summer, the Anatolia Cultural & Dialog Centre of Tur

Being dissatisfied with the princely life and seeing the four sights, namely, an old man; a diseased man; a corpse and an ascetic, Siddhartha, the prince, renounced the worldly life and became an asce