Human life begins as a small, dark speck, which needs nourishment (Pali: ahara) as a condition (paccaya) to evolve through a dependent process of coming-to-be (bhuta)
It is often said in Chan literature that there are 84,000 doors to the practice and 84,000 obstructions. The door that resonates with my practice
The Buddha said, “Contentment is the greatest wealth.” His statement holds a timeless truth that rings true today more than ever. We are living in
Sometimes, dance is what philosophy looks like. Only rarely in my long years of dance research has a painted image been so arresting with its
Life is pain. That is the first noble truth. Like most practitioners and scholars of Buddhism, I have given that truth a considerable amount of
There is a detail I have been pondering this semester. At least, it appears to be a detail, but it is one that challenges the
There is a Zen phrase that says, “Not knowing is the most intimate.” I first heard it quoted in a yoga class many years ago.
It is important to ask questions of ourselves, such as is it enough to only practice meditation or sadhana on the cushion? Are we becoming self-indulging Dharma
Kisa Gotami’s ghost has long haunted me. It has probably haunted many of us in the field of Buddhist Studies. She is the face of
Technological developments have contributed enormously to the improvement of human living conditions, replacing physical labor with machines and expanding mental capacity with computer automation. Nevertheless,
It is a cliché to say that publishing an introductory textbook to a vast and philosophical subject like Buddhism is much harder than some writers
I visited Venerable Nyanaponika Thera at the Forest Hermitage, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in the mid-1980s, when Bhikkhu Bodhi was still staying there with him,
