Exploring creativity and the teachings as a Serti silk painter and Tibetan language teacher

Thoughts on age and spiritual maturity

Lessons from a history of religious engagement and American politics

Advice for Dzogchen practitioners from Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche

Accepting impermanence and treasuring the now

A revolutionary who became one of Sri Lanka's most inspiring social reformers

“Buddhism never went extinct in India,” declares the Director of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara a Pali institute in Bihar. Dr. R. Panth is referring to one of the darkest periods of Indian Buddhist history:

Editor's note: Sister Ocean is a Canadian nun ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition. She practices in France and blogs about mindfulness practice in daily life on Buddhistdoor International. 

Although she is now retired, Professor Rita Gross cuts a familiar figure to her early days as an academic advocating gender equality. She remains a faithful Tibetan Buddhist, but fearless in critiquin

Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 8, June 2008. Introduction In general when we talk about the Buddha, we tend to refer to the biographical accoun

This April will see the annual Chinese festival of Qingming: more commonly known in China as the occasion to tend to our ancestors’ graves and burial sites. An occasion that predates Easter and

How a jazz song nourishes the heart of non-attachment

Later this month in April and early May, people across the world will celebrate Vesak in many different ways, but they are bound together by a special commemoration in honoring the young Gautama.

Chinese New Year celebration in Chinese communities in all corners of the globe is characterized with heart-warming traditional greetings like “Jinyumangtang” – (May wealth fill your hall!); “