The final part of Sister Ocean's examination of the ten paramis

Meditating on metta

The spiritual perfection of adhitthana

On truthfulness, the seventh of the ten perfections

Stripping away distractions to rediscover wonder

Understanding happiness and practicing sila

An examination of equal opportunity for ordination and Buddhist education for women

Part one of a reflection about the First Noble Truth

There are many statements in Buddhist literature that make pleasure sound like something we should totally avoid. It might take some careful reading to recognize that the threat isn’t pleasure itself,

Weaving the Buddha into the Burmese identity Legends are what fill the uncertain space between history and fiction. Some of the most popular legends tell where historical figures might have gone: did

  In this series, Jnan explores the practice of ordination within the Theravada tradition by a close examination of the Pali Canon. His first article discusses ordination during the Bu

Editor's note: Ven. Dr. Beligalle Dhammajoti is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.   The problems of the 21st century are at once differ

Introduction   Theravᾱda Buddhism is widely recognized as a religion emphasizing personal salvation without any regard for social welfare. Therefore, it is named as the Hinayᾱna, which means a self-

Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 9, September 2008.   01. Prologue Indicating the vedāntic tone in the śataka