Book Review: Portraits of Tibet
Raymond Lam
25 October 2022
An extraordinary new photo book documenting the daily lives and activities of Tibet’s nomadic families and their home in China
Cleaning the Fridge: Getting Off Autopilot
Ratnadevi
21 May 2021
Bringing mindfulness into everyday life
Cleaning Our Minds and Seeing the Pure Land
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
19 February 2021
Learning to see the beauty of the world through a clearer…
My Father Received by Amitabha Buddha
Alan Kwan
24 October 2014
My Dad was Skeptical about Buddhism My dad passed away in April 2012 at the age of 95. He was not well educated, and had
Doing Metta on the Road
Sister Ocean
4 December 2013
The first time I heard of metta, the cultivation of loving-kindness taught by the Buddha, was at my first meditation retreat in Ladakh, India. It was
A Different View of the Lotus
Sister Ocean
1 November 2013
Editor’s note: Sister Ocean is a Canadian nun ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition. She practices in France and blogs about mindfulness practice in daily
Pure Land Amidst Pots and Pans
Malcolm Hunt
29 August 2013
The temple cook is stoking the fire with dried branches of bamboo while the venerable Zhi Chang peels turnips over an old stone sink. It
How to handle slander and gossip
Shveitta Sethi Sharma
22 June 2013
Shveitta is a life coach and writes about nurturing authentic happiness. According to her, happiness is a daily habit. As with any skill, the more
The Magic of a Master Storyteller
Cathy Ziengs
24 January 2013
What can a person anticipate when meeting a middle age white man in Asia wearing a long piece of brown cloth and no hair? His
Food for Thought on Buddhist Practice
Cathy Ziengs
4 January 2013
People often share with me their stories of memorable events that spur them on in their Buddhist practice: a dharma talk from a special teacher,
Noble Eightfold Path: Ethical Guidelines to Individual and Social Development
Dr. Ramala Sarma
9 May 2011
Dr. Ramala Sarma is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Nowgong College, Nogaon. Society, from its beginnings to today, has witnessed tremendous changes.
The Dharma of Travelling
Alastair Gornall
1 May 2011
Observing impermanence in our daily lives can be quite difficult. Our friends and family can seem quite stable as we perform our daily jobs in