From the Life of the Buddha QUIZ: 1. Kapilavatthu/Kapilavasthu is a. An ancient kingdom in India 2. When and where was Prince Siddhattha born? a. On the full moon
Want to test your knowledge of Buddhism? Try this new introductory QUIZ to help you discover more… Each month we will offer new material assembled
A few years ago, when I attended my first Vipassana meditation retreat, it felt like the worst imaginable situation. I had never ever shut my
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Yesterday I gave my daughter some chocolates. She quickly gobbled up a few and kept her favorite one for later. I asked her why she
Consider if you were asked to decipher the difference between love and attachment… how would you answer? In the first instance both are perceived to
Shveitta is a life coach and writes about nurturing authentic happiness. According to her, happiness is a daily habit. As with any skill, the more
It is easy to overlook the power and weight that symbolic gestures offer. They do not attract as much attention as a large demonstration or a
Green activist and writer John Seed shares his development of an ecological retreat aimed at helping students get back in touch with the Buddhist principles
What is a Buddhism that denies rebirth and karma, the metaphysical and moral motivations for the Buddhist path? And what is a Buddhism that hesitates
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
Some years ago in the city of Da Tong in Shaanxi Province in China a local made some suggestions to an ill neighbour as to
