It’s a peculiar time we live in when people need to be motivated by a competition to simply do nothing. An event in Seoul called
A Garland of Views* couples the root text of a key chapter in the Guhyagarbha Tantra (The essence of secrets tantra), the primary tantra of the Mahayoga
I recently had a chance to visit the Wonder* art exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, which comprises two floors filled with large-scale, site-specific
For more than three decades, I have researched and explored the mind and consciousness. My investigations have included pharmaceutical lab work with mind-altering substances and
Born in Hong Kong and based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, since 1994, Venerable Yin Kit Sik (also known as Sister Jessie) ordained as a Buddhist
In last month’s column, we explored the first parami (Skt. paramita, or “perfection”) of dana (“generosity”), so we are now ready to explore the second, sila, which translates as “morality” or
In the high-pressure world of Hong Kong, 22 students have committed suicide since the start of this academic year in September 2015, leading to increasingly
Barry Kerzin is a very busy monk with such a demanding schedule that we were lucky to even have time to meet. He is currently
Who is dragging this corpse around? This huatou, similar to a koan, was popularized by Hsu Yun, a famous Chan Buddhist master of the late 19th/early
Faith is one of the five roots of virtue When we talk about the five roots of virtue in Buddhism, most of us think of
Visually, there are two forms of language: one that has to be learned and one that communicates directly with the other-than-conscious part of our mind.
Idiocracy (2006) is a movie rife with stupidity, but it is precisely its comedic inanity that made it a cult hit and an incisive commentary about
