A place of tranquility and reflection

The Tendai lineages of Japan

Expression and connection in light

The history and relevance of Japan’s most visited Buddhist temple

The renaissance of Buddhist art in Nepal

The spiritual perfection of adhitthana

Artistic expressions of ancient spiritual themes to reflect the human condition

One of the most visited sites in Kyoto, by Japanese tourists as well as by foreigners, is the temple Ryoan-ji in the northwestern part of the city. Its dry garden is the most famous and probably the f

I arrived in Songgwangsa (one of the oldest Seon, or Zen, temples in South Korea) in 1975 on the first day of the biggest ceremony of the year, the commemoration of the death of national master Bojo.

With most things in our daily lives, it's easy to lose sight of why we do what we do. It's so easy to keep up a form while forgetting the meaning or to drop form and meaning only to drift away from wh

Many people come to meditation very troubled about how to do it successfully.  Many of you here want to learn meditation in the Chinese Pure Land tradition for the first time.   Many peopl

Editor's note: Stella Peters is a writer/photographer from Amsterdam who focuses on inequality and human interest stories. She is currently studying anthropology in an Advanced master’s programme at K

‘The benefits of meditation are two-fold,’ says Ajahn Brahmali, a Buddhist monk of over 11 years standing, a resident of the Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery in Western Australia. ‘The

Like many photographers, I was trained as a painter. I also did pottery and continue to study schools of Asian philosophy. I do not consider myself to be an ex-painter or a potter of yore, but rather