Art as Buddhist Practice—A Portrait of Tsunma Jamyang Donma
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
21 August 2015
“Sacred art is created in order to awaken our experience of the true reality. It should not remain unattended on a wall or shelf. We
Buddhistdoor View: Forgiveness and Repentance
Buddhistdoor Global
21 August 2015
There are many heartrending monuments at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, such as the Children’s Peace Monument dedicated to the children that perished from the
Shakyamuni Buddha’s Responses to the Three Requests of Queen Vaidehi
Alan Kwan
21 August 2015
A typical understanding of the afterlife and a poor knowledge of the Pure Land The Land of Bliss, one of the Buddha’s splendid pure lands
The Journey of Women Going Forth into the Bhikkhuni Order in Bangladesh: An Interview with Samaneri Gautami, Part 1
John Cannon
21 August 2015
This article forms part of the “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers” series, which is based on visits by the authors to Buddhist sites
Love Letter to the Earth – Book Review
Roz Keep
21 August 2015
A Hong Kong resident for many years, over the summer I have been visiting friends and family in the UK. One of the highlights was
The Kanheri Caves, Mumbai: A Precious Monument to Buddhist Civilization
BD Dipananda
14 August 2015
Mumbai, the country’s largest city and its commercial capital, is a captivating contradiction—at once the epitome of urban beauty in modern India, yet home to
A Thangka Painting Project of the Chöd Pacification of Suffering Practice
Dakini As Art
14 August 2015
In the US, where I’m from, the words “healthcare” and “healing” carry very specific impressions: white-coated doctors, antiseptic rooms, pharmaceuticals . . . and fear.
The 16th Karmapa Remembered—An Interview with Ngödup Burkhar
Frances McDonald
14 August 2015
Ngödup Burkhar has served as translator to His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and other masters in the Karma Kagyu lineage since the early 1970s. Born
Dancers in High Places
Joseph Houseal
14 August 2015
The dancing mind is another mind. In Vajrayana Buddhist Cham, dance is yoga, the dancing mind the whole point—the center of the experience. Monk-dancers are
Conscientious Compassion—Bhikkhu Bodhi on Climate Change, Social Justice, and Saving the World
Raymond Lam
14 August 2015
American scholar and Theravada monk Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi might not receive the same high-profile press coverage as the Roman Catholic Church’s charismatic standard-bearer Pope Francis,
An Unusual Sutra Revealed
Alan Kwan
7 August 2015
If a competition were held to select the most popular sutra in Buddhism, the following sutras would very likely be among those nominated: The Heart Sutra.
I Want What I Want When I Want It! The Four Noble Truths in Daily Life: Part Two
Sister Ocean
7 August 2015
The second of the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths is about the origin of suffering—namely, craving. While many other causes of suffering may appear in our