On the sixth practice of the Noble Eightfold Path

Delving further into the Deep Mind's spiritual implications

Reaching understanding on the path to wisdom

The dangers of using monasticism as a social safety net

What is the difference between Heaven and a Buddha’s Pure Land? This is a question that has vexed outsiders and beginners to Pure Land Buddhism. In this article I’d like to explore in detail why the t

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 14, December 2009. Āsava(s) together with latent tendencies (anusaya), fetters (saṃyojana) and hindrances (

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 1, October 2006. 1. IntroductionThis article features a brief explication of the doctrine of ‘dependa

With the 20th Century often characterized by poets and essayists as an era of lost innocence, many in the 21st Century have had the fortune (and this is truly a fortune) to understand that black and w

To the question why anybody in life does anything at all, the answer, undoubtedly, is to satisfy his or her mental and physical need/s. This mental or physical need/s that satisfies him/her might be e

The chief purpose of the Buddha’s Teaching is to help worldly people lead a better, meaningful, happy and blissful life. It is, of course, one of the natural instincts of people (beings) that th