The Hidden Meaning of “Sincere Mind”
Alan Kwan
12 September 2014
The Importance of “Sincere Mind” “Sincere Mind” is the first of the “Three States of Mind,” in other words, “Sincere Mind,” “Deep Mind,” and “Mind
Reuniting with Infinite Light: Master Huijing’s “What Kind of Buddha Is Amitabha?”
Raymond Lam
12 September 2014
Fourteen years ago, José Cabezón argued brilliantly that “theology” should no longer be a dirty word in Buddhism (despite being derived from the Greek word theos, or “God”).
Opening the Heart to Difficult People
Rebecca Dixon
12 September 2014
Rick was a hardscrabble kid from Indiana who came to Zen Hospice Project’s (ZHP) four-patient guest house in downtown San Francisco with AIDS. He was not
Buddhist Explorations in Pastoral Care and Contemplative Counseling
Raymond Lam
5 September 2014
The vision of Buddhism as a faith for the young and the living (rather than one needed only at death) has spread throughout the Sinophone
Beopjeong Sunim’s Korean Way of Tea
buddhistdoor
5 September 2014
When I was a nun at the Seon (Zen) temple Songgwangsa, I would often take a walk up the steep hill that led to Bulilam, the hermitage of Beopjeong Sunim (1932–2010). Venerable Beopjeong
The Kandy Dalada Perahera of Sri Lanka
Sean Mós
5 September 2014
The history of the Kandy Dalada Perahera, or “Tooth Relic Procession,” in Sri Lanka is an illustrious one that is closely associated with a holy
Photography and Practice
Dharma Eye, Michael Ash
5 September 2014
In photography, we are working with light. Simple light. That is if we are simple in our perception. But how does that come to be?
Healing the Teenager Within
Sister Ocean
5 September 2014
During the summer here at Plum Village we host a series of family retreats. For the first time this year I participated in the Teen
“Reflections from the Land of Rivers”: Taking the Plunge
John Cannon
5 September 2014
In this series, I share my personal reflections on my journey to Bangladesh from 25 May–4 June. I have written this as a diary. 25
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
The Precept-bestowing Assembly at Eihei-ji
Gereon Kopf
29 August 2014
This is the first of a series of articles on Japanese Buddhism written by Gereon Kopf for Buddhistdoor. When I was teaching at the University
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