Buddhistdoor View: Fiction and Buddhism
Buddhistdoor Global
29 August 2014
Why should a Buddhist invest emotionally in any fictional character? We are attached enough to our own and others’ identities as it is. Yet a
Beyond All Differences: Interview with Tina Turner and the Beyond Music Quartet
Raymond Lam
29 August 2014
Moving “beyond” religious, cultural, and social differences, the Beyond project is an interfaith musical series created by four women: a “Baptist-Buddhist,” a Hindu, a Christian, and a Tibetan Buddhist. So
Celebrity Spotlight: Richard Gere—A Movie Star and Buddhist Spokesperson
Naushin Ahmed
27 August 2014
Julia Roberts’s enigmatic smile is perhaps one of the best highlights of the film Pretty Woman. But for a lot of us, Richard Gere’s charm is
Buddhist Film Foundation: Preserving and Promoting Buddhist Films
Naushin Ahmed
22 August 2014
Since its creation in 2000, the Buddhist Film Foundation (BFF) has been a cornerstone for Buddhist-themed cinema. The foundation strives to uphold Buddhism in film,
Secrets of the Esoteric Empire: The Tangut Script
Raymond Lam
15 August 2014
Has there ever been a civilization that invented a script, only to deliberately conceal its contents and meaning? This is precisely the mystery of the
Buddhistdoor View: Palestine and Israel
Buddhistdoor Global
15 August 2014
The Polish historian Isaac Deutscher offered a famous analogy for the creation of the Israeli nation: a Jewish man leaps from a burning building and
Interview with Dechen Shak-Dagsay: “Music can heal when it is played with an open heart”
Raymond Lam
23 July 2014
It has been a busy couple of years for one of Europe’s most renowned Tibetan musicians. Recently, the master of contemporary Tibetan mantras completed an
Hong Kong’s cultural scene is ossifying. Fung Lam shows us how to make it vibrant
Raymond Lam
12 June 2014
At 34, Fung Lam has achieved what no other Hong Kong-born composer has done. His music has a distinctive voice that is neither entirely Western
The Sound of the Dharma: Exclusive Interview with Andrew Williams
John Cannon
11 June 2014
“If music be the food of love, play on. So Shakespeare gloriously states in Twelfth Night.” Music can also play an important role in religious expression,
The Familiar Oddities of Ikkyū Sōjun
Andrew Whitehead
27 May 2014
Dr. Andrew K. Whitehead is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of History and Philosophy at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta USA. He specializes
How Mindfulness Works: What does the Field of Science have to Offer?
Caitlin Dwyer
20 May 2014
We all know that life is suffering – but why do we suffer? And when we spend ten minutes sniffing, examining, chewing, and finally mindfully eating a
Nine-Story Mountain Film Crew Interview: Journalism, Pilgrimage, and Preservation
Raymond Lam
7 May 2014
Pilgrimage is not technically done for personal enjoyment. The fun comes as a corollary to rigor (few to no holy sites are located in comfortable