There is a problem communicating the relevance and essence of Buddhism to young people, a conclusion that can be inferred from a summary of the
In this three-part series, we explore the Buddhist presence in pop culture media. We first reviewed Toei Animation’s Buddha 2, and in our second entry we
Last Saturday, 4 July, was the 239th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. But it was also the 150th anniversary of something far more whimsical:
When I first came across Buddhism, I heard that the First Noble Truth was “Life is suffering.” I quickly dismissed Buddhism as a pessimistic philosophy.
Before the late 2000s, Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi was not well known as an environmental activist and leader of humanitarian causes. Practitioners of the 1990s and
Earlier this month, the Wisdom series of conferences made its debut in Singapore with its 2.0 Asia version, which was based on the theme “Innovative,
When we inadvertently hurt someone, in order to justify that our intentions were pure we often tell ourselves that we didn’t do anything wrong and
A good deal of contemporary Buddhist literature exists that confronts unhealthy and deluded ideas of romantic and sexual love. Today’s popular media and advertising certainly
A state visit to China this month by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi included visits to a number of Buddhist sites of historical significance in
On 21 April, the Roman Catholic Church issued a Vesak message for the world’s Buddhists, titled “Buddhists and Christians, together to counter modern slavery.” The
Buddhists believe in the infinite value of every sentient life. Human beings, while not blessed with divine authority over other living creatures, are uniquely equipped
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) was an astute observer of the psychology of religious donors. He saw how they found churches or cathedrals of splendid
