Our Buddhist Lands: The Heritage of Central Asia
Buddhistdoor Global
1 June 2010
Few realms have captured the romantic imagination of both East and West than Central Asia. Central Asia is home to an invaluable chapter of Buddhism’s
The Overturned Alms Bowl: When One is Unworthy to Serve
Ittoku
1 May 2010
“The bowl may be overturned for a lay follower endowed with (any of) eight qualities: He/she strives for the monks’ material loss, strives for the
Is Tradition Irrelevant?
Raymond Lam
1 April 2010
Last Thursday there was a debate held about the relevance of classical music in contemporary British society. The motion at the Cambridge Union was aptly put as,
Bring Back Our Art Schools!
Raymond Lam
1 March 2010
It is high time we brought back the lost traditions of the Mathur?n and Gandh?ran art schools. Mathur? and Gandh?ra were two regions in ancient India
The Sacred Alphabets – A Photo Journal of Siddham characters in China and Japan
Mārgadarshana
1 March 2009
Siddham, according to Prof. Wang Bangwei of Peking University, refers to a specific type of script used in ancient India; in China, it refers more
What is Reality?
Rev. Upali
1 October 2008
What is Reality?: A Compendium of Scientific Discovery and the Buddha’s Discovery By Dhammadassi Bhikkhu and Kenneth B. GunatungePublished by the authors in 2010, ColomboPages:
“Buddhism Fatigue” and Buddhist Nuns in Filmmaking
Raymond Lam
1 August 2008
“Beautiful, soft, open – but not always interesting.” This is how California-based filmmaker Heather Kessinger describes current trends in American Buddhist filmmaking, which has unwittingly