Working with Attachment and Family
Summer Adams
7 October 2016
Being separated from my daughters is not easy, but sometimes it is necessary to have some time away without feeling guilty. I am currently traveling
The Battle for Thambapanni’s Gem-inlaid Throne: The Dharma as a Foundation for Ending War
Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
5 August 2016
Can the Dharma provide a framework of analysis for global conflicts? Can it provide a new paradigm for preventing war? During the time of the
Deconstructing Bridges and Forging New Highways with Dharma Art – Part One
Tilly Campbell-Allen
11 March 2016
Visually, there are two forms of language: one that has to be learned and one that communicates directly with the other-than-conscious part of our mind.
In Kumarajiva’s Shadow: The Chinese Buddhist Monk Dao’an
Richard Story
11 March 2016
The story of early Chinese Buddhism is often considered as beginning with the arrival of the monk Kumarajiva (334–413), whose translation of Buddhist scriptures from
Driving at Night
Sister Ocean
26 February 2016
The American novelist E. L. Doctorow once wrote that writing is “like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but
Form and Content: Integrating Dharma and Yoga
Jill Satterfield
30 October 2015
The Buddha gave us many methods to facilitate the investigation of our own minds. With conscious intention and some determination, we can end or greatly
Buddhistdoor View: Dharma and the Erotic
Buddhistdoor Global
12 June 2015
A good deal of contemporary Buddhist literature exists that confronts unhealthy and deluded ideas of romantic and sexual love. Today’s popular media and advertising certainly
Letters from Saint Petersburg: Seekers Share Their Stories
Raymond Lam
13 March 2015
The year was 1993, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two years had passed since the heroic city of Leningrad was rechristened Saint
Vajrayana in the West and the Role of Tradition: An Interview with Lama Tsering Everest (part 1)
Frances McDonald
28 November 2014
Tsering Everest is the resident lama at Chagdud Gonpa Odsal Ling, a Vajrayana Buddhist center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Originally from the United States, for 11
Buddhistdoor View: Prisons and Buddhists
Buddhistdoor Global
12 September 2014
Lewis Lancaster and his longtime friend Danny Tam are the dynamic duo of Buddhist prison visitation. In an interview with this website in 2013, the
Perceptions and Misperceptions
Sister Ocean
8 August 2014
“Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones—all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake.
The Han Li: Zen Art for the Heart
Raymond Lam
15 July 2014
“I named the shop after my father, in a manner of speaking,” reflects Cynthia Hui. The founder and current Marketing Manager of Han Li (?~?)