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Childhood Pets, Animals, and Kindness

Summer Adams 7 April 2017

I often think about what I most wish for my children in this life. As a mother who tries to follow the Buddha’s teachings, I

Planetary Healing: Buddhism and World Ecology

Buddhistdoor Global 17 March 2017

From biodiversity loss to desertification, from veganism and vegetarianism to green energy, environmental issues

Family Matters: Taking Turns Parenting in Retreat

Summer Adams 3 March 2017

During the months of January and February (culminating with Losar, the Tibetan New Year), the Buddhist center where we live hosts a series of teaching

Tradition and Innovation: Chinese Buddhism Beyond Asia

buddhistdoor 29 December 2016

This year’s special issue discusses how Chinese Buddhism, one of the oldest and most influential East Asian expressions of the universal Dharma

Being a Buddhist Parent during Christmas

Summer Adams 2 December 2016

When my eldest daughter, Amaya, was four she started attending an afternoon daycare center in town. It was during that same year when, one afternoon

Rainy Day Contemplations on Suffering

Summer Adams 9 September 2016

It’s pouring with rain outside and my youngest daughter is in bed with a fever. I thought that we had escaped southern Brazil’s winter flu

The 2,600th Anniversary of the Global Bhikkhuni Sangha and Fourfold Sangha of the Buddha

Ayya Tathaloka 9 September 2016

Between the full moon of September 2016 and the full moon of September 2017 there will be worldwide commemorations of the 2600th anniversary of the

Reflections from a Mother on the Path

Summer Adams 17 June 2016

In order to cultivate impartial compassion on the Buddhist path, we contemplate again and again that at some point in time, all beings have been

Buddhist Frontiers: At the Edges of the Buddhist World

buddhistdoor 25 December 2015

The idea for this special issue originated a year or so ago in our editorial chief executive’s office on the ground floor of Wang Fat Ching She, the Buddhist temple in Hong Kong where Buddhistdoor Global is based.