The Two-stage Assured Rebirth of an Exclusive Amitabha-reciter
Alan Kwan
18 September 2018
The soteriological nature of accepting Amitabha’s…
Traversing China for the Forgotten Pure Land of Maitreya Buddha
Jingjing Li
10 August 2018
Tracing the popular Chinese belief in the…
Monastics in White: The Medical Monks and Nuns of Vietnam
Shuyin
8 January 2018
A tradition of engaged Buddhism
The Big Uncertainty
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
3 January 2018
Uncertainty, impermanence, and the awakened heart
A Buddhist Perspective on Organ Donation
BD Dipananda
3 February 2017
Our organs are the most intimate parts of our bodies. We almost never notice them functioning but without them we could not survive. Giving them
The Many Forms of Avalokiteshvara
Meher McArthur
25 November 2016
To many practitioners of the Mahayana schools of Buddhism of East Asia and the esoteric traditions of the Himalayas and Japan, bodhisattvas, or “enlightenment beings,”
A Small Buddhist Prayer-flag Factory in Bir
Dharma Eye
28 November 2014
In 2013, on a trip to India to make the second part of the documentary photography series “Tibetans in Exile,” I visited the Tibetan colony of Bir,
Buddhistdoor View: Unattached Involvement
Buddhistdoor Global
24 October 2014
The demonstrations in Hong Kong continue to drag on. Not long after they started, reports began to cover the involvement of Christian leaders in student
Namo Buddha Mountain: Walking in the Bodhisattva’s Path in Nepal
BD Dipananda
23 June 2014
Nepal is one of the most sought after destinations whether for pilgrimage or tourism. In February 2012, when I was studying at the University of
A Pilgrimage to Pu Tuo Mountain
Ven. Dao Ran
24 April 2014
In the winter of the Year of the Snake, 2013, two laywomen accompanied me to Pu Tuo Mountain (?????s), where we stayed in the Guan
The ‘Six Pāramitās’: Spiritual Friend of a Bodhisattva
Bhikkhu Gyanabodhi
1 December 2013
Like committing oneself to a vow, the p?ramit?-s (P?li: p?ram?) are another most important aspect constituting the bodhisattva path in the Mah?y?na tradition. A bodhisattva begins his journey by taking
Expressing Buddhahood: Stories and Narratives in Buddhist China
Ven. Dao Ran
1 November 2013
E.M. Forster, when discussing novels, observed that the narration of “the king died and the queen also died” was a fact, but “the king died