Practicing the foundations of mindfulness

Recognizing the power of Asia's intangible heritage

Learning from the past and anticipating the future, while living in the now

The Southeast Asian countries Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar are known for their many colorful and enjoyable festivals. One of the most popular is Magha Puja or Sangha Day, an important Buddhis

Editor’s note: Ven. Analayo has kindly given Buddhistdoor International permission to republish his recent, groundbreaking, Vinaya-based study of nuns’ higher ordination. Because it is Vin

The discovery of a particle most likely to be the Higgs boson (simplistically called the ‘God particle’ for the popular media) has recently led to new speculation that the most likely dest

  Original Chinese text: Elsa Lam Translation: Brenda Leung English Editing: Raymond Lam           Hence, there is no doubt t

Introduction   Koan is a Chan case study that is to be intuitively contemplated to awaken Gnosis. It may be formatted in the forms of story, dialogue, question and statement. Gnosis is self-discover