Cultivating one-pointedness of mind

What engineering can learn from samma samadhi, the last of the Eight Precepts

A Noble Eightfold Path for the press and the media

Enabling sustainable entrepreneurship, promoting ethical values

Learning from hardship

The origins and meanings of the Eight Auspicious Symbols

Understanding the Fourth Noble Truth: the path that leads to the cessation of dukkha

As I approach the magnificently remodeled San Francisco Marriott in Union Square, I become keenly aware of the vast differences in karmic circumstances that exist in this world of “endurance.&rd

Twenty years ago, Tsering was a fully ordained monk in Tibet. Now, 40-year-old Tsering is a farmer and businessman in China. When his sister fell gravely ill, Tsering left Ganden monastery (belonging

In February this year, Time magazine included a feature called “The Mindful Revolution” as its cover story, illustrated with an image of a girl meditating peacefully. With the great efforts to researc

1. Introduction Through intellectual, moral and spiritual perfection, the Noble Eightfold path leads to happiness, peace and freedom. It is the path that begins with moral conduct and leads to

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008.  “Monks, the ending of the fermentations [āsavas] is for one who knows & sees, I tell

Throughout 45 years of his life as the Enlightened One, the Buddha in his every sermon (sutta) focused on only two things namely, suffering (dukkha) and cessation of suffering (dukkha-nirodha). Thus h

Dr. Ramala Sarma is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Nowgong College, Nogaon.     Society, from its beginnings to today, has witnessed tremendous changes. History shows us its