The Tendai lineages of Japan

Understanding the transformative approaches to meditation in Japanese Buddhism

Tracing the emergence of Chan Buddhism in China

Guillaume Rozenberg investigates the intriguing cult of weikza

Ngödup Burkhar on His Holiness the 16th Karmapa

Giving American children a Buddhist education

Exploring the Shinto tradition

Editor’s note: David Brazier is a Buddhist teacher, writer, and psychotherapist. He is President at Instituto Terapia Zen Internacional in Spain and the head of the Amida Order in the United Kingdom.

Caitlin Dwyer reviews Andy Ferguson’s book "Tracking Bodhidharma"

A few years ago, when I attended my first Vipassana meditation retreat, it felt like the worst imaginable situation. I had never ever shut my mouth or my mind for even 5 minutes; leave alone for the r

 Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008. Introduction The word karma, etymologically meaning “action”, is a term common to many of the an

IntroductionThe short answer to this question is very simple: we do not really know. That, however, is not really an acceptable answer to most people because in the past 2500 years or more, many h