The Land of Bliss: Amitabha’s to Build, Ours to Enjoy
Alan Kwan
26 January 2021
How Amitabha made the Pure Land for us
Rejoicing in Faith Comes from Amitabha’s Name
Alan Kwan
25 September 2020
Why faith in rebirth in the Pure Land is drawn from the Name
Do I Need a Teacher to Practice Meditation?
Gereon Kopf
3 September 2020
Lessons from Zen on lineage, practice, and compassion
Joyful Entrusting to Amitabha’s Deliverance
Alan Kwan
24 August 2020
Reliance on the Name determines rebirth
The Buddha’s Dilemma: Introducing Amitabha’s Teaching of Deliverance Through His Name
Alan Kwan
26 November 2019
Making sense of the different teachings of the Buddha
“Beauty that Floats on Mud”
Gereon Kopf
12 January 2019
Illuminations of the Lotus Sutra
“This Mind is the Buddha”* — Being Religious (in Japan)
Gereon Kopf
30 June 2018
Between immanence and transcendence
100-day Mahamudra Transmission at Palpung Sherabling: The Silent and Far Reaching Call of the Ultimate
Paola Di Maio
19 October 2017
On experiencing buddhahood and reaching the ocean of…
A Meditation on the Sinitic Lotus School: The Tiantai Trilogy, Part 1
Zephyr Chan
22 September 2017
I have always been fascinated by the radical message of Tiantai (see below), its versatility in Chinese thought, and its potential for intellectual cross-pollination with
What is a Buddha?
Alan Kwan
11 November 2016
A finger pointing at the moon The simple question of “What is a Buddha?” was raised in a casual discussion with a venerable Pure Land
Does a Philosopher Have Buddha-nature?
Gereon Kopf
4 November 2016
In my previous article,* I introduced a method of reading Japanese Buddhist texts, especially writings by the Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200–53).** Here, I would