Living without illusions

How the Dharma has challenged my illusions, one metta magic trick at a time

Death, dying, and our place in the cosmos

Meditations on samsara

A call to action: addressing a fundamental truth

Insights into the Pure Land path

How happiness is just a small part of the Buddhist path

An inquiry into the unknown and not-known

A conversation with Barry Kerzin

Celebrating classic and illusory fiction's insights

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

Materialists claim that the physical world, which can be touched and measured, is the only reality that exists. But Buddhism sees the physical world as merely illusions arisen from creations of the mi

Introduction   Buddhism has many unique assets as a religious tradition. It has been received well in many Western countries. It places humankind at the center of its attention. It does not require

Wisdom and Means, Emptiness and Compassion: Philosophical Problems   In this column’s first segment, we explored how Shantideva’s idea of compassion, noble as it was, led to some very interesting q