Drawing on Yogacara philosophy, Ven. Tanmyeong examines the causes and conditions for renunciation and finding one’s path of practice
LAM Yuen Ching, PhD continues her exploration of Thích Nhất Hạnh’s “first love,” and how it transformed his Dharma practice
Our loving-kindness practitioner follows the Dharma into volunteer work with survivors and whistleblowers, reflecting on trauma, truth-telling, healing, and compassionate action.
How a second-century philosopher transformed the pedagogy of the emergent Mahayana tradition through new insights on a core idea
A new book from a former monk and Buddhist teacher draws on one of the oldest and most celebrated Buddhist texts for timely teachings
From bequests to retirement accounts, planned gifts can transform a lifetime of Buddhist practice into support for future generations of the Dharma
What Buddhism can teach us about being unavailable as an antidote to our addiction and anxiety-driven attachment to phone attention
A college student in the United States ponders the tension between freedom and independence in a conditional world
The Sigalovada Sutta is the quintessential guide to Buddhist conduct and ethics for householders, outlining a happy home and social life
While Buddhism is often portrayed as wholly world-renouncing, spiritual progress can clearly be found in working to help others through improving the world we live in
Alan Kwan explains how the universality of Amitabha Buddha’s vows means that every being has a sure and true way of rebirth
Margaret Meloni offers a meditation on grief, release, and the friends who teach us how to let go
