Sometimes I feel that the choice to be a lay disciple in Buddhism matters just as much as choosing to be ordained. As laypeople we
I remember watching a friend perform once in a play. My friend played an ordinary pedestrian on the street, was in a scene where he
On 1st January 2006, a group of alumni of the Hong Kong University Medical School gathered together outside the HKU Medical School to mourn the passing
One of the more irksome things about contemporary living is the constant, gleeful denigration of the individual state of solitude. Instead of being praised as
The term “old people” is a stigma in contemporary Western society. Unless you are wealthy, famous or politically influential, it is a horrible title to
It is common knowledge that the Buddha taught that all conditioned things cause us to suffer. The fact that suffering is latent in our experience
May the 8th was Brain Cancer Action Week in Australia. That day was a bittersweet one for eight-year-old Jeremiah Del Tufo, who passed away from brain cancer.
Dr. Ramala Sarma is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Nowgong College, Nogaon. Society, from its beginnings to today, has witnessed tremendous changes.
Many advice manuals, often called “self-help books”, provide various tips on how to succeed in the modern world, how to live life to the full
In some of my past articles, I outlined some ways in which those of us who have a phobia of death may begin to contemplate
I’d like to focus here on a quite common phenomenon which arises among human interactions which in its most general sense could be referred to
The sunrise has captivated me for as long as I can remember. I have seen so many vibrant shades splashed over the dark canvas of
