Love versus Attachment
Shveitta Sethi Sharma
29 August 2013
Consider if you were asked to decipher the difference between love and attachment… how would you answer? In the first instance both are perceived to
How to handle slander and gossip
Shveitta Sethi Sharma
22 June 2013
Shveitta is a life coach and writes about nurturing authentic happiness. According to her, happiness is a daily habit. As with any skill, the more
Ordaining trees is a splendid statement about our environment
Ittoku
31 May 2013
It is easy to overlook the power and weight that symbolic gestures offer. They do not attract as much attention as a large demonstration or a
Buddha Touched the Earth: An Exploration of Engaged Buddhism
John Seed
25 May 2013
Green activist and writer John Seed shares his development of an ecological retreat aimed at helping students get back in touch with the Buddhist principles
Spiritual fulfilment requires doctrinal commitment and ecclesiastical continuity
Raymond Lam
10 May 2013
What is a Buddhism that denies rebirth and karma, the metaphysical and moral motivations for the Buddhist path? And what is a Buddhism that hesitates
A Simple Strategy for a Peaceful Living
Ven. Nyanabodhi
6 May 2013
Violence is an obvious phenomenon in the present world. Among various causes of violence are politics, culture, religion, race etc. They are in fact some
Chinese Buddhist Movement Brings 6 Steps to a Happy, Healthy and Fulfilling Life
Ven. Zhi Sheng
6 May 2013
Some years ago in the city of Da Tong in Shaanxi Province in China a local made some suggestions to an ill neighbour as to
Two Buddhisms? Try ‘Inherited’ and ‘Acquired’ Buddhists
Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri
1 May 2013
“Two Buddhisms?”, the interviewer asked me. “No”, I said, “there are as many Buddhisms as there are Buddhists”, I said. What I meant, of course,
How Should a Criminal Be Treated? (A Buddhist Response)
Ven. Nyanabodhi
26 April 2013
Introduction There are some satisfactory definitions of ‘crime’ and ‘criminal’. But the question of ‘what is a crime ?’ has baffled thinkers on ethics for
Victimless Crimes – A Buddhist Response
Bhikkhu Karmananda Tanchangya
26 April 2013
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
Buddhist Perspective on Misbehaviors or Crimes
Michael Glick
26 April 2013
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 12, June 2009. By the standards of American law, I am a criminal.
Environmental Concern in the Discourses of Dīgha Nikāya
Dipen Barua
26 April 2013
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008. 01. Introduction The term ‘environment’ includes the working of biotic and non-biotic