
Tradition and Innovation: Western Visions of Buddhist Community
A friend once castigated me for supporting institutional religion. Hers was a critique based on an interpretation of European Enlightenment values and a secular suspicion

A friend once castigated me for supporting institutional religion. Hers was a critique based on an interpretation of European Enlightenment values and a secular suspicion

The following story is from Ven. Wuling’s children’s book, How Will I Behave Today and the Rest of My Life. It is a touching, gentle tale

The inspiration for creating this children’s book came from old Chinese texts (Di Zi Gui) and the teachings of Master Chin Kung, a monk of

Nina is a graduate of the Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong. — Fast abrupt, I don’t know where am I

You may, or may not, have heard of the Tzu Chi organization? What you will come to discover in this well-written book about its history,

INTRODUCTION I would like to begin by stating a few of my assumptions regarding Buddhism and Buddhists before entering into a discussion of the topic.

The world economy has been going through a crisis since the summer of 2007 and this turmoil affects the normal rhythm and fluctuations of stock prices, currency

It is axiomatic that every religion accepts the existence of morality and immorality. But, when we come to the point of how to judge an

Dandelion seeds. Did you ever pick a dandelion plant on a warm summer day, and hold it to the sky, and blow the soft seeds

A few weeks ago, I visited my grandmother who lives in Stockholm. In Sweden, people call their grandmothers by two different names: farmor, which means father’s

This is a modified version of an article I wrote for MouthLondon, a London youth, media and journalism magazine. The cosmopolitanism of London is one

Of course, I’m not questioning the man himself, who was truly a brilliant entrepreneur with a work ethic to be envied and emulated assiduously. I