“Beautiful, soft, open – but not always interesting.” This is how California-based filmmaker Heather Kessinger describes current trends in American Buddhist filmmaking, which has unwittingly
Buddhism is a vast religious and philosophical organism that has breathed 2,600 years of history. It gave birth to the oldest religious institution in the
Why do we talk about dukkha? Dukkha has to be seen for what it really is, namely, the starting point of our spiritual journey. Unless
The heart of the Buddha’s teaching lies in the Four Noble Truths which he expounded in his very first sermon, “Setting in Motion the Wheel
Deer Park is the name of a park in Varanasi, India, the site of present-day Sarnath. The Deer Park was also called Rishi-patana or ‘the
Many of you may wonder why Shakyamuni called himself the “Buddha” after his enlightenment. The word “Buddha” comes from the Sanskrit verb “budh” which in
