A Student Death
Vanessa Sasson
13 January 2017
One of my students killed himself this year. He was 20 years old. A friend of his came by my office to tell me the
Buddhistdoor View: Reflecting on 2016
Buddhistdoor Global
30 December 2016
What a year it’s been—brimming with economic and political upheavals that historians will be debating furiously for decades to come! Many joke (with a hint
An Afternoon with Ajahn Sujato: Personal Courage and Restoring the Sangha’s Moral Purpose
Raymond Lam
9 December 2016
The tall and robust teacher of Ajahn Chah’s forest tradition speaks with a typically blokeish Aussie accent, however the words of wisdom and compassion he
The US Election and the Vajjians
Vanessa Sasson
2 December 2016
I know I am not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the results of the presidential election in the United States. The whole world, it seems,
The View from the Top
Sister Ocean
2 December 2016
From the top of a mountain we can see far and wide. We can see the land and the sky. Standing at the meeting point
Buddhistdoor View: How to Be Happily Unhappy
Buddhistdoor Global
25 November 2016
The History Boys (2006), a masterful film adaptation of playwright Alan Bennett’s drama of the same name, has a thoughtful and melancholy ending. The film deploys
Harnessing Knowledge Technologies to Overcome Ignorance
Paola Di Maio
11 November 2016
Scientific and technical progress has developed exponentially in the last century, enabling unprecedented achievements in numerous fields, from medicine to space travel. Yet sometimes such
Buddhist Perspectives on Sustainable Economic Development
Dr. Ernest Chi-Hin Ng
11 November 2016
This article is based on a panel address given by the author at the International Seminar on India’s North Eastern Region and Buddhist Heritage held
Sage Advice for Your Child: The Now I Know Storybooks by Sally Devorsine
Lizzy Grindey
28 October 2016
Imagine you could give your child the kind of wise spiritual instruction provided to a young Tibetan lama. The kind of instruction that nurtures a
Exploring Buddhism’s Tensions With Modernity: An Interview with Prof. David McMahan
Raymond Lam
28 October 2016
David McMahan is professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania. In recent years he has offered the Buddhist Studies community a more
Buddhism and Creative Writing, Part Two
David Brazier
21 October 2016
James Sanford and his colleagues in their wonderful volume Flowing Traces (Sanford et al 1992, p.3) point out that “Buddhism’s beginnings in Japan had the arts at
Huayan Buddhists on Equality in Diverse Societies
Dr. Erik Hammerstrom
21 October 2016
It is said that the Buddha taught 84,000 different methods for the liberation of sentient beings because of the diversity of sentient beings in their