Meditations on samsara

The Buddhist equivalent of Hindu Holi

Enabling sustainable entrepreneurship, promoting ethical values

Review of an art exhibit at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Religion and meditation in woven art

  In this series, Jnan explores the practice of ordination within the Theravada tradition by a close examination of the Pali Canon. His first article discusses ordination during the Bu

  Editorial Note: Ven. Priya Rakkhit is a young Theravāda monk from the Chittagong Plain, Bangladesh. He is presently in Hong Kong pursuing Buddhist studies at the Centre of Buddhi

Part two of a series about the ancient rains-retreat

Part one of a series about of the Buddhist Rains-retreat

  Want to test your knowledge of Buddhism? Try this new introductory QUIZ to help you discover more…Each month we will offer new material assembled by monastic friends in

  From the Life of the Buddha QUIZ:      1. Kapilavatthu/Kapilavasthu is a. An ancient kingdom in India   2. When and where was Prince Siddhattha born? a. On the ful

Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008.   Email:bdsaddhananda@yahoo.com ‘The earliest doctrinal elemen

One of the mysteries of Buddhist history is the 400-year absence of an anthropomorphic image of the Buddha.  Early scholars argued for a period of defacto aniconism, in which artisans decorated Buddhi

  Beginning in the mid-1980’s, American scholars John and Susan Huntington turned Buddhist art history on its head with claims that the first Buddha images were made shortly after the Buddha’s death,