Buddhistdoor View: A Tribute to Women of All Buddhist Traditions
Buddhistdoor Global
30 June 2017
A hope of securing full participation for women in the…
Kondañña’s Earth-shattering Education
Vanessa Sasson
28 April 2017
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
The Xuanzang Memorial: Evoking China and India’s Buddhist Past and Future
Raymond Lam
7 April 2017
For several years now, I have observed the diplomatic force of Buddhism in the relationship between China and India. The event that first drew my
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
Buddhistdoor View: Renewing the Joy of Encountering the Other This Festive Season
Buddhistdoor Global
23 December 2016
By now, many of us will have seen the familiar Christmas images in advertisements, on billboards, and behind the glass windows of shops. The scenes
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
Buddhistdoor View: Rooting Out the Rot—Removing Corruption and Complacency in the Sangha
Buddhistdoor Global
18 November 2016
Institutional corruption has been a hot topic in the news of late. The seismic election of brash political outsider and controversial tycoon Donald Trump as
Buddhistdoor View: Ambition and Recognition—Moral Questions About Secular Aspirations
Buddhistdoor Global
19 August 2016
“Getting ahead,” “racing to the front,” or “rising to the top.” The very language of success in our industrialized societies implies normative values of competition
Buddhistdoor View: The Morality of Lies and Falsehoods
Buddhistdoor Global
12 August 2016
Some weeks ago Buddhistdoor published a report about Hogewey Care Centre, a Dutch care home for people with dementia that in 2009 built an entire
Buddhistdoor View: Learning from Race Issues in the United States
Buddhistdoor Global
22 July 2016
It comes as no surprise that recent publicized incidents of young black men being shot by police in the US have been tinged with questions
Buddhistdoor View—Self-Sacrificing Patricians: Buddhism’s Moral Message to the Powerful and Privileged
Buddhistdoor Global
29 April 2016
The word “inequality” is one of the most provocative catchphrases of our post-2008 Financial Crisis world. While living standards have been rising globally, wealth distribution
Some Thoughts on Theravāda Exegetical Literature
Ven. Assaji Tanchangya
19 April 2013
Editor’s note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008. Introduction The Exegetical (Commentarial) Literature or A??hakath?, which serves as the