Raymond Lam, Author at Buddhistdoor Global

A Vesak Ritual – Bathing the Buddha

Raymond Lam 1 April 2012

Later this month in April and early May, people across the world will celebrate Vesak in many different ways, but they are bound together by a special

Memories of a Mad Sage: A Review of Crazy Wisdom

Raymond Lam 1 March 2012

Ms. Demetrakas’ film Crazy Wisdom was instrumental in helping me understand just how strong the Buddhist voice was in the counterculture of the sixties and seventies, and

The Need for Chinese Buddhist Cultural Influence

Raymond Lam 1 February 2012

The absence of a Buddhist cultural presence in mainstream UK culture still leaves me in sporadic but apoplectic rages reminiscent of Fu Manchu. We say

International Buddhist Confederation: A united global Buddhism?

Raymond Lam 21 December 2011

I had the privilege of being at the Global Buddhist Congregation from the 27th to 30th of November 2011, which brought Buddhists of almost every

A New Turning: Women and Buddhism at the Global Buddhist Congregation

Raymond Lam 21 December 2011

There is a slightly muted, elegantly understated, force moving and shaking the entire 2500 year-old institution of Buddhism. That force is the collective, gentle but

KanZeOn: A Documentary on Sound

Raymond Lam 3 December 2011

It has been literally years since I watched a documentary and thought it was objectively good (liking it or disliking it is a subjective thing), because too

Sacred Speech and Sacred Bodies

Raymond Lam 20 November 2011

This is a modified version of an article I wrote for MouthLondon, a London youth, media and journalism magazine. The cosmopolitanism of London is one

Was Steve Jobs really Buddhist?

Raymond Lam 12 November 2011

Of course, I’m not questioning the man himself, who was truly a brilliant entrepreneur with a work ethic to be envied and emulated assiduously. I

Buddhist Film Festival Europe: Amsterdam, October 1st – 3rd 2011

Raymond Lam 2 November 2011

Amsterdam’s red light district and apparent openness to brownies, liberal sex and hemp are a self-parody. They are a conscious joke (albeit an economically beneficial

God and Satan: Abraxas and Enlightenment

Raymond Lam 2 November 2011

The last time I listened to so-called hard rock was when I bought the most recent album from HIM (His Infernal Majesty), Screamworks. To the

Tata, child telepath

Raymond Lam 18 October 2011

An extraordinary, talented character that will no doubt be a fan favourite, the impoverished Tata embodies the playful and irreverent creativity typical of Tezuka. He

Bandhaka, Siddhartha’s mentor

Raymond Lam 18 October 2011

In Tezuka’s original manga, Bandhaka’s role is little more than that of a minor villain, a contemptible rival to Siddhartha for Yasodhar?’s affections. In this

REGIONS

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