In search of the Neural Correlate of Enlightenment

Exploring our unique human capacity and potential

Cultivating ethics in a realm of limited freedom

The dangers of using monasticism as a social safety net

Sangeeta Bansal Ph.D, a researcher and writer, is also the founder of a non-profit called Mindside, which aims to make the benefits of mindfulness meditation available to all. Mindside offers an eight

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 2, January 2007. Aaron Beck met the Dalai Lama in June 2005 at the Göteborg Convention Centre in Sweden for dial

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

Last week marked what many would call a milestone in British criminal history. Two of Stephen Lawrence’s murderers were finally convicted and sentenced after an eighteen-year pursuit for justice by hi

I am guilty for drawing attention to some rather insignificant news that has almost no bearing on daily life (I cannot say none since the Buddha declared all reality is interconnected). But consider t

One theme never recedes into the background of Buddhist discipleship. This theme is love, and countless masters and dharma-preachers have spent their lives ascertaining how to make love unconditional.