Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Mind of Merit-Dedication and Rebirth-Aspiration: Some Definitions
Alan Kwan
8 November 2017
What Merit-Dedication and Merit-Aspiration mean
In Between Moments Of Patriarchy . . . Something Special Happens
Vanessa Sasson
7 November 2017
A precious moment of female-focused inspiration in the…
SGI and Environmental Care: Nurturing Bodhisattvas Who Will Help Save the Planet
Joan Anderson
6 November 2017
A perspective that focuses on interconnectedness, or…
Buddhism and the Law of Attraction: Musings over a Father’s Writings to His Son in 1602
Guoying Stacy Zhang
3 November 2017
Liaofan’s Four Lessons on how to create your own destiny
Buddhist Path Beyond Borders
Lyudmila Klasanova
20 October 2017
India is the motherland of Buddhism and a great source of knowledge and wisdom. In August, I had the honor of teaching a series of
100-day Mahamudra Transmission at Palpung Sherabling: The Silent and Far Reaching Call of the Ultimate
Paola Di Maio
19 October 2017
On experiencing buddhahood and reaching the ocean of…
Building Communities and Cultivating Networks in the Field of Buddhist Studies
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
13 October 2017
Starting on 14 October, the community of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto will sit
The Five Mental Hindrances
Prof. David Dale Holmes
9 October 2017
Venerable Nyanaponika in The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest, begins: “Unshakable deliverance of the mind is the highest goal in the Buddha’s doctrine. Here, deliverance
Chan Practice Through the Heart of a Dharma Heir
Gilbert M. Gutierrez
6 October 2017
Many people have a romantic notion of what it must be like to be a Dharma heir. It reminds me of a Chan story about
A Meditation on the Sinitic Lotus School: The Tiantai Trilogy, Part 1
Zephyr Chan
22 September 2017
I have always been fascinated by the radical message of Tiantai (see below), its versatility in Chinese thought, and its potential for intellectual cross-pollination with
18th IABS Congress Showcases the Vitality and Global Reach of Buddhist Studies
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
22 September 2017
In the University of Toronto’s ceremonious and elegant Convocation Hall, PhD candidate and academic coordinator Anthony Scott is offering a Land Acknowledgment. Speaking onstage, in
Conventional Body View
Prof. David Dale Holmes
15 September 2017
People believe that everything they see and conceive of, including their so-called bodily selves, is fixed and permanently there to be used for fulfillment and