My Personal Experience with Ramadan
John Cannon
15 October 2012
Before leaving for Turkey I gave myself a personal promise to fulfill: to participate in the actual experience of fasting throughout my sojourn as it
Buddhists Gathering in Australia
Pille Repnau Perth
1 March 2012
Scientists and Buddhist scholars gathered from all over the world for Buddhism in the Austral-Asian region at the first annual International Conference “Buddhism & Australia”. The
International Buddhist Confederation: A united global Buddhism?
Raymond Lam
21 December 2011
I had the privilege of being at the Global Buddhist Congregation from the 27th to 30th of November 2011, which brought Buddhists of almost every
A New Turning: Women and Buddhism at the Global Buddhist Congregation
Raymond Lam
21 December 2011
There is a slightly muted, elegantly understated, force moving and shaking the entire 2500 year-old institution of Buddhism. That force is the collective, gentle but
The Global Buddhist Congregation 2011
Buddhistdoor Global
1 December 2011
India is a fitting locale to explore the growth and progress of living Buddhist communities around the world. The Global Buddhist Congregation (GBC) event was
Living for the Buddha: Cultivating a Buddho-centric way of life
Buddhistdoor Global
1 August 2011
In the Buddhist tradition, disciples discover their purpose in life by doing their part for the Buddha’s Dharma. The Buddha is the most profound lover
Thoughts on the Word “dukkha/duḥkha” (Suffering?)
Alastair Gornall
1 June 2011
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
Doomsday Myths: Reminders of Impermanence
Mariusz Popieluch
24 May 2011
If you’re reading this, it means that the Apocalypse did not arrive on May 21st, 2011 as predicted by the evangelical preacher Harold Camping. Doomsday
Language: A Yogācāra Explanation
Alastair Gornall
16 May 2011
The history of Mahayana Buddhism is full of a variety of schools and traditions which contributed widely to philosophy in Asia. One of the most debated
The Elusive and Persistent Illusion
Mariusz Popieluch
9 May 2011
Why is the illusion of inherent existence, and independent self in particular, so strong and difficult to overcome to most of us? LABELS The first,
The Way of a Saint: John Paul II’s Dialogue with Buddhism
Mariusz Popieluch
2 May 2011
Last Sunday, Karol Wojtyla, subsequently the previous head of the Catholic Church John Paul II, was beatified by his successor, the present Pope Benedict XVI. Beatification
Lessons from Mindfulness
Mariusz Popieluch
25 April 2011
We can distinguish circumstances as considered intended (whether they’re actually intended is another story) or unintended – situations deemed as deliberately chosen, or contingent. The consciously intended ones can