Rebirth attained exclusively through Amitabha-recitation As discussed in my previous article*, all practitioners of Pure Land Buddhism should understand and believe in the concept of
When it comes to developing the fifth parami of viriya—the perfection of effort or energy—the instructions seem simple: the Buddha said to “abandon the unwholesome” and to “develop
When my mother’s gorgeous fawn pug, Bergamot, passed away, my daughter Amaya was not quite four years old. At the time, I could identify with
From Imperialism and Conquest to Identification and Allegiance Anglophone literature about the historical contact between Buddhism and the West focuses overwhelmingly on the Anglo-American experience,
At the moment the demon Mara attacked the Buddha and nearly derailed his path to enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, the Buddha lamented that he could
The confluence of NIKE and Theravada Buddhist ordination is perhaps a rare occurrence. Yet the famous sports slogan once helped a young woman at a
In January this year, celebrity monk Venerable Matthieu Ricard was touted by many media outlets, including mainstream publications like The Independent, as being the “happiest person
A fuzzy-furred gibbon seated on a rugged boulder reaches an arm out over a rushing river and tries to scoop up the reflection of the
The substance of all the Pure Land sutras is Amitabha’s Name Master Tanluan, an eminent Pure Land patriarch in 6th century China, says in his Commentary
Firstly, I would like to thank conference coordinator Jennifer Batton for inviting me to give a presentation at the 10th International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education (CRE), whose
On 24 May 2013, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk named Bowatte Indrarathana self-immolated in front of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, demanding an
Venerable Analayo is a sharp and perceptive monk. An active campaigner for bhikkhuni ordination, he is one of the most important Buddhist intellectuals in the
