How the the first component of deep faith relates to sentient beings' salvation

Facing down injustice

Introducing a new column on the teachings of Theravada Buddhism

On the question of Buddhist detachment

Right view and the decision-making process

On religious freedom and secular liberty

Seeking truth, finding faith

Accepting impermanence and treasuring the now

False assumptions, ignorance, and unintentional harm

It was 3 July 2014. I was in transit at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi when a stormy weather announcement was made for the Himalayan region of Ladakh, and my flight to Leh, the capital, was cancel

“Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones—all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake.   When we think that the rope is a snake, we are scared, but

An American Buddhist friend of mine recounted a conversation she had with another practitioner, one who comes from a clear, unwavering cultural confidence in the teachings of rebirth. He marveled that

The practice of mindful meditation can provide a great host of benefits to anyone that actively pursues it, especially in a modern world full of enhanced stresses and defilements that so often remove

Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 12, June 2009.A crime is usually understood as the infringement of an established system of law of a commun