Optimizing the Wood Snake Year
Asa Hershoff
10 February 2025
Asa Hershoff ponders the Karmic perils, pitfalls, and opportunities in the year of the snake
Buddhistdoor View: All Against All—Empathy in a New Predatory International Environment?
Buddhistdoor Global
8 February 2025
Amid an upswing in political hypocrisy and zero-sum jostling for power, are compromise, understanding, and compassion now obsolete in our globalized world?
Exploring Contemplative Wisdom: “The Best Year of Your Life” Summit
Nina Müller
7 February 2025
“The Best Year of your Life” Summit brought together experts and opinion makers to discuss mindfulness, neurology, and Buddhist thinking
Engaged Buddhism: The Bodhisattva Path to Gender Equality in Thailand
Craig Lewis
6 February 2025
In the wake of Thailand’s landmark Marriage Equality Act, BDG spoke with a key figure in the drive for social equality: Buddhist activist Hua Boonyapisomparn
Maturity on the Path: Guidance from the Buddha
Prof. David Dale Holmes
5 February 2025
Prof. Dave Holmes presents an episode from the Pali Canon, in which Venerable Meghiya seeks guidance on practice from the Buddha
Metta’s Mirror
Mettamorphsis
4 February 2025
Our loving-kindness meditator finds new friends after stepping away from a place of conflict
The Buddha’s Feeble Roar: Buddhism and Pop Music, Part Two
Oscar Carrera
3 February 2025
Oscar Carrera continues his examination of pop artists’ Dharma-influenced discographies, from the postwar period to the nineties
Book Review: Down to Earth Dharma by Rebecca Bradshaw
Nachaya Campbell-Allen
1 February 2025
Nachaya Campbell-Allen reviews a contemporary approach to Buddhism 101 aimed at modern practitioners
Buddhadharma and Record Players
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
28 January 2025
Through the rules and regularity of rituals, we can unlock the virtues and states of mindfulness and joy described in Buddhist teachings
The Legacy of Bana Bhante at the Monastery of Rajban Bihar in Rangamati, Bangladesh
Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury
27 January 2025
Rajban Bihar’s connection to a master of meditative austerity has made it a center of Buddhist pilgrimage and mindfulness practice
Living Playfully: Glimpses into a Buddhist Artist’s Training and Practice
Ratnadevi
24 January 2025
Ratnadevi teaches us the power of mindfully bringing play into our everyday lives
Pure Land-Zen Dual Cultivation in 13th Century Vietnam and Today
An Tran
23 January 2025
An Tran explores the history and practice of Buddhist syncretism in Vietnam