
The Philosophical Insights of Tiantai Buddhism: The Tiantai Trilogy, Part 2
On skillful means in the Chinese Tiantai tradition

On skillful means in the Chinese Tiantai tradition

The first challenge I encountered during the first year of my monastic training as a postulant was overcoming the discomfort from the clothes we wore.

Many people have a romantic notion of what it must be like to be a Dharma heir. It reminds me of a Chan story about

Inter-religious dialogue with the Order of Discalced…

According to the major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism, the Larger Sukhavativyuha and the Smaller Sukhavativyuha, Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land (Skt. Sukhavati) lies beyond 10 billion Buddha-lands west

Crossroads, challenges, and dilemmas in the practice of…

The words fable and fabulous share the same root, the Latin word fabula, meaning story. Over time and use in the French and English languages, a fable

I was introduced to the Chan Meditation Center in New York in 1997, when I came to work as a volunteer for almost a month.

My previous article focused on the Great Sage Monastery of Bamboo Grove on Mount Wutai and its abbot, Venerable Master Miaojiang, director of the Buddhist

I knew very little about Buddhism in Malaysia before I landed in that lush green country. My visit was the result of some last-minute changes

A life combating philosophical errors and spreading the…

The first instalment of our brand new column Chan in…