Buddhistdoor View: Dharma Lessons on What it Means to Be a Hero
Buddhistdoor Global
21 July 2018
A tribute to the hero in all of our hearts
“This Mind is the Buddha”* — Being Religious (in Japan)
Gereon Kopf
30 June 2018
Between immanence and transcendence
The Patriarchal Legacy of Maya’s Death
Vanessa Sasson
16 April 2018
Transcending gender bias on the path to liberation
The Big Uncertainty
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
3 January 2018
Uncertainty, impermanence, and the awakened heart
Using the Everyday to Reflect on the Profound
Raymond Lam
1 September 2017
I have recently been preoccupied with the notion of identity. I confess, however, that my reflections were not inspired by a sutra or a commentary
Buddhistdoor View: Reflecting on 2016
Buddhistdoor Global
30 December 2016
What a year it’s been—brimming with economic and political upheavals that historians will be debating furiously for decades to come! Many joke (with a hint
Buddhistdoor View: Renewing the Joy of Encountering the Other This Festive Season
Buddhistdoor Global
23 December 2016
By now, many of us will have seen the familiar Christmas images in advertisements, on billboards, and behind the glass windows of shops. The scenes
Buddhistdoor View: How to Be Happily Unhappy
Buddhistdoor Global
25 November 2016
The History Boys (2006), a masterful film adaptation of playwright Alan Bennett’s drama of the same name, has a thoughtful and melancholy ending. The film deploys
Buddhistdoor View: Rooting Out the Rot—Removing Corruption and Complacency in the Sangha
Buddhistdoor Global
18 November 2016
Institutional corruption has been a hot topic in the news of late. The seismic election of brash political outsider and controversial tycoon Donald Trump as
Buddhistdoor View: Ambition and Recognition—Moral Questions About Secular Aspirations
Buddhistdoor Global
19 August 2016
“Getting ahead,” “racing to the front,” or “rising to the top.” The very language of success in our industrialized societies implies normative values of competition
Buddhistdoor View—Breaking the Death Taboo
Buddhistdoor Global
10 June 2016
Dasho Karma Ura is the president of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and Gross National Happiness (GNH) Research. This think tank is not merely a
Buddhistdoor View—Being With Smartphones and Being With Ourselves
Buddhistdoor Global
27 May 2016
It’s a peculiar time we live in when people need to be motivated by a competition to simply do nothing. An event in Seoul called