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Venerable Hāsapañña: Finding Contentment in Solitude
The flourishing of a monastic community in Western Australia
Uploaded 28 Apr 2017
The Khao Phansa Festival: The “Buddhist Lent” of Thailand
A look at one of Thailand's most important religious festivals
Uploaded 29 Jul 2016
Indiana Buddhist Temple: Spreading the Light of Compassion across America’s Heartland
Nurturing the garden of Buddhist compassion
Uploaded 27 May 2016
When the Dharma Came to Lowell
An ambitious initiative to build a spectacular Khmer Buddhist temple in America
Uploaded 8 Jan 2016
Pavarana: Marking the End of the Rains Retreat
Enhancing communal harmony at the end of the annual rains retreat
Uploaded 6 Nov 2015
Thriving Buddhist Communities in Bangladesh: Part Two
Editor’s note: Jnan Nanda completed his BA Hons from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and his MA from the University of Hong Kong where he presently teaches Reading in Buddhist Sanskrit
Uploaded 24 Dec 2013
The Significance of the Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony
The practice of rains-retreat
Uploaded 1 Nov 2013
The amplification of Buddhist monastic rules during the rains-retreat <i>vassavasa</i>
Part two of a series about the ancient rains-retreat
Uploaded 16 Oct 2013
Buddhist Rains-retreat (<i>vassavasa</i>): a courtesy of monasticism
Part one of a series about of the Buddhist Rains-retreat
Uploaded 4 Oct 2013
The Story behind the Kaṭhina Robe
Kaṭhina and Kaṭhina kusala   What is meant by Kaṭhina? The Pali term ‘Kaṭhina’ means: strong, strength, hard, solid, rigid, powerful, firm, inflexible, and stiff. Therefore, Kaṭhina kusala means: ‘v
Uploaded 1 Oct 2012
Our Roundup: Buddhist News You Missed
Recently BDI co-hosted a dialogue about controversial contemporary issues with Ven. Thamthog Rinpoche (Vajrayāna), Ven. Tianwen (Mahāyāna), and Ven. Dhammapala (Theravāda). You can read about some of
Uploaded 22 Sep 2012
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