


Norman Fischer: Engaging our Moral Imagination in a Rapidly Changing World
Art, creativity, service, and realization

The Ten Powers of the Tathāgata
Insight into the supreme powers of the Tathāgata


On Karma and Rebirth
What the Buddha said about the karmic results…

Anicca Vata Sankhara: Concerning Conditioned Phenomena
On impermanence and the process of becoming and…

Concerning Right Action and Right Livelihood
What are Right Action and Right Livelihood according to the teachings of the Buddha? First, comes the consideration of Right Action: having learned to discipline

Concerning Right Speech
The path to providing wisdom, healing division, and creating…

Baby Steps on the Path of Purity
I visited Venerable Nyanaponika Thera at the Forest Hermitage, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in the mid-1980s, when Bhikkhu Bodhi was still staying there with him,

A Simple Strategy for a Peaceful Living
Violence is an obvious phenomenon in the present world. Among various causes of violence are politics, culture, religion, race etc. They are in fact some

The meaning of Kamma in early Buddhism
Editor’s note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008. Introduction The word karma, etymologically meaning “action”, is a

Rebirth without a self – a real stumbling block
Introduction For people who try to adopt a scholastic approach to Buddhism, the issue of “rebirth” often poses a vexing problem. Initially, one may try