Aspirations inspire us, while expectations simply lead us into cycles of hope and fear: hope that what we want will happen; fear that it won't. - Joseph Goldstein

Thursday 29 July 2021 (HKT)

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Are More People the Answer?

Are More People the Answer?

Margaret Meloni

Lessons from the Buddha on coping with loss

Buddhist Spiritual Care

Buddhist Spiritual Care

John Harvey Negru

How chaplaincy fills a special role in contemporary Dharma leadership

Suffering and Rainy Days

Suffering and Rainy Days

Sensei Alex Kakuyo

Buddhist advice for skillfully working with our desires

What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the 48 Great Vows?

What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the 48 Great Vows?

Alan Kwan

The story of Amitabha’s final mortal life

Duality, Dharma, and the Brain

Duality, Dharma, and the Brain

Paola Di Maio

The brain’s role in creating our dualistic world and experience

Being or Doing? Or Both? Or Neither?

Being or Doing? Or Both? Or Neither?

Ratnadevi

A meditation from the vegetable patch

The Mantras We Say and the Stories We Play

The Mantras We Say and the Stories We Play

Tiffani Gyatso

The art of shaping our inner landscape

Excerpts from The Zen Priestess and the Snake: A Woman’s Path of Transformation and Healing Through Rediscovery of the Great Mother Tradition

Excerpts from The Zen Priestess and the Snake: A Woman’s Path of Transformation and Healing Through Rediscovery of the Great Mother Tradition

Roshi Shinko Perez

Celebrating the rising of women in an ancient tradition

The Mongolian Buddhist Canon as a Symbol of Cultural Dialogue between India and Mongolia: An Interview with Prof. Shashi Bala

The Mongolian Buddhist Canon as a Symbol of Cultural Dialogue between India and Mongolia: An Interview with Prof. Shashi Bala

Lyudmila Klasanova

A new stage in the resurgence of Mongolian’s spiritual and intellectual heritage

Understanding the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path

Understanding the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path

David Dale Holmes

Walking the Middle Way of the Buddha

Buddhistdoor View: Expanding our Vision in a New Era of Space Exploration

Buddhistdoor View: Expanding our Vision in a New Era of Space Exploration

Buddhistdoor Global

Does commercial space travel expand our dreams or reflect our worst tendencies?

Connecting the Past and Present of Shugendo – The Revival of Japan’s Ancient Mountain Ascetic Tradition, Part Four

Connecting the Past and Present of Shugendo – The Revival of Japan’s Ancient Mountain Ascetic Tradition, Part Four

Alena Eckelmann

Restoration of the Kumano Shugen, a Shugendo group in the Kumano area of Japan

Beginner’s Mind: Lump on a Log

Beginner’s Mind: Lump on a Log

Justyn Friedler

Reflections on environment, interconnection, and equanimity

Are More People the Answer?

Buddhist Spiritual Care

Suffering and Rainy Days

What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the 48 Great Vows?

Duality, Dharma, and the Brain

Being or Doing? Or Both? Or Neither?

The Mantras We Say and the Stories We Play

Excerpts from The Zen Priestess and the Snake: A Woman’s Path of Transformation and Healing Through Rediscovery of the Great Mother Tradition

The Mongolian Buddhist Canon as a Symbol of Cultural Dialogue between India and Mongolia: An Interview with Prof. Shashi Bala

Understanding the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path

Buddhistdoor View: Expanding our Vision in a New Era of Space Exploration

Connecting the Past and Present of Shugendo – The Revival of Japan’s Ancient Mountain Ascetic Tradition, Part Four

Beginner’s Mind: Lump on a Log

NEWS Updated Weekdays View All

US-Based Buddhist Foundation Launches with US$500,000 Donation for Cambodians Impacted by COVID-19

29 Jul 2021

US-Based Buddhist Foundation Launches with US$500,000 Donation for Cambodians Impacted by COVID-19

Nonprofit joins international effort to help Cambodia through the pandemic

Buddhist Bhutan Draws Praise for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Success

28 Jul 2021

Buddhist Bhutan Draws Praise for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Success

Kingdom fully vaccinates 90 per cent of adult population in a week

Places of Worship in Canada Eligible to Apply for New Anti-Hate Crime Initiative

27 Jul 2021

Places of Worship in Canada Eligible to Apply for New Anti-Hate Crime Initiative

Members of many faiths, including Buddhists, have been targeted in recent years

Ven. Wolju, Social Activist and Former Leader of Korea’s Jogye Buddhist Order, Dies at 87

26 Jul 2021

Ven. Wolju, Social Activist and Former Leader of Korea’s Jogye Buddhist Order, Dies at 87

Funeral ceremony and cremation held today at Geumsan-sa

Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Delivers Compassion to the Vulnerable in Korea

23 Jul 2021

Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Delivers Compassion to the Vulnerable in Korea

Sharing food offerings with vulnerable communities

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Are More People the Answer?

Death Dhamma

Are More People the Answer?

By Margaret Meloni

Uploaded 29 Jul 2021

Buddhist Spiritual Care

Bodhisattva 4.0

Buddhist Spiritual Care

By John Harvey Negru

Uploaded 28 Jul 2021

Suffering and Rainy Days

The Ordinary Buddhist

Suffering and Rainy Days

By Sensei Alex Kakuyo

Uploaded 27 Jul 2021

What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the 48 Great Vows?

Teachings of Amitabha

What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the 48 Great Vows?

By Alan Kwan

Uploaded 26 Jul 2021