Insight through skillful means into the depths of the human experience

Developing technology, from a purely technical perspective to awareness-driven design

Our new columnist seeks a more enlightened view of technology

The shared experience of life and death

A good deal of contemporary Buddhist literature exists that confronts unhealthy and deluded ideas of romantic and sexual love. Today’s popular media and advertising certainly peddles a distorted

A new series on the basics of Vajrayana

Perspectives from Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Pema Chödrön, and more

The vision of Buddhism as a faith for the young and the living (rather than one needed only at death) has spread throughout the Sinophone world, radiating primarily from Taiwanese hubs like Fo Guang S

Do religious ideas inspire art, or does the yearning to express art kindle faith? Wendy Yeo R.W.S.W. (Royal Watercolour Society of Wales) has enjoyed a career that has allowed her to explore both ques

Interview with Prof. Lee Chack-fan

Beauty can serve a spiritual purpose. Presented in the right way, beautiful art can induce in its viewers faith and reverence in the Buddha and his teaching. To present a Buddha image or Buddhist art

Applying the Buddhist Four Truths to climate change

Some time ago at a cocktail, a gentleman came up to me and told me that he had heard about my Vipassana experience and he was contemplating on attending the 10 day retreat. I shared with him my experi

The 2011 Earth Day festivities were celebrated  globally on April 22, 2011. The Earth Day ought not to be  honoured and observed by the environmentally concerned public  for only a single day on April