“No Chicken Soup for the Soul”: Terrorism, Social Issues, Manila, and Buddhism
Based in Hong Kong, Leung Man Tao is a respected commentator on a vast spectrum of social issues in China. After converting to Theravada Buddhism, he remarked: “Buddhism
Based in Hong Kong, Leung Man Tao is a respected commentator on a vast spectrum of social issues in China. After converting to Theravada Buddhism, he remarked: “Buddhism
“The bowl may be overturned for a lay follower endowed with (any of) eight qualities: He/she strives for the monks’ material loss, strives for the
It is said that there are nearly 1,700 kung-an (Japanese: koan) that Zen masters used. In Zen, practitioners use kung-an as subjects for meditation until
Siddham, according to Prof. Wang Bangwei of Peking University, refers to a specific type of script used in ancient India; in China, it refers more
“How can I get beyond just verbalizing the question, “What am I?” a student asked the Zen Master Seung Sahn Soen-sa. Soen-sa answered, “You want
Author: UnknownTranslation and Commentary by Edward Conze, 2002 edition No matter how frustrating or hopeless certain points in life may feel, two statements of faith