Understanding the transformative approaches to meditation in Japanese Buddhism

Propagating the Chan tradition in Britain

Exploring the Shinto tradition

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: Eric Johns (Dharma name: Hin Lic) is a lay Buddhist who chronicled his retreats and visits to masters in China throughout the latter months of 2012. His story continues with his meditat

Original Chinese text: Leung Po San Translation and English editing: Raymond Lam Leung Po Shan is a Cantonese author who has written various works about life and experienc

In this second part of his article, Dr. Bill Mak continues his reflections about his meditation retreat in Myanmar.--On the sixth day of the practice, I was assaulted by an onslaught of wild thoughts

Introduction   Mariusz Popieluch wrote a second unveiling article on the philosophy of life pertaining to ‘Authority and Guidance’. His philosophical thought resonates with what I have been presen

Batchelor’s 2010 work is an autobiographical work composed of two parts which recounted his Buddhist experience as a monk and a layman. In this work, as with his previous work Buddhism Without Beliefs

Dr. Bill. M. Mak graduated from Peking University and is currently based in the Department of Indological Studies at Kyoto University. This is his spiritual journey.   My Journey as a Buddhist, from

    As one's meditation develops progressively, the mental concentration intensifies. With the progressive intensification of mental concentration, scattered thoughts are being reduced and the mind

    Buddhist meditation is not confined only to calming the mind, and concentrating the mind on an object of meditation. They are only the means to an end. The end is intuitive penetration into the