Standing Together
Shveitta Sharma
26 April 2018
Cherishing our relationships and our interconnectedness
The Big Uncertainty
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
3 January 2018
Uncertainty, impermanence, and the awakened heart
Falguni Purnima: Celebrating Family Reunions and the Buddha’s Life
BD Dipananda
31 March 2017
In South and Southeast Asia, important Buddhist festivals are often celebrated on the day of the full moon (Purnima). For instance, the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment,
Buddhistdoor View: Balancing “Family” Love with Love for All Beings
Buddhistdoor Global
9 September 2016
The Buddha’s approach to human relationships has not always been universally admired. Perhaps his most socially contentious deed was his abandonment of his family and
Creating Space
Heather Sanche
10 July 2015
As my husband Jason and I prepared to welcome Adelaide into our lives nearly ten months ago, I thought about the kind of home we
Love versus Attachment
Shveitta Sethi Sharma
29 August 2013
Consider if you were asked to decipher the difference between love and attachment… how would you answer? In the first instance both are perceived to
Two Buddhisms? Try ‘Inherited’ and ‘Acquired’ Buddhists
Prof. Suwanda H J Sugunasiri
1 May 2013
“Two Buddhisms?”, the interviewer asked me. “No”, I said, “there are as many Buddhisms as there are Buddhists”, I said. What I meant, of course,
POSTCARD from Dharamsala
Melissa Sanderson
1 November 2012
Hi Mom and Dad, Missing you both today and being there for Thanksgiving with everyone else! It’s beautiful here in the mountains and I had
A Missed Opportunity
Ven. Wuling
29 June 2012
The inspiration for creating this children’s book came from old Chinese texts (Di Zi Gui) and the teachings of Master Chin Kung, a monk of
A Grandmother’s Wisdom
Nina Müller
1 January 2012
A few weeks ago, I visited my grandmother who lives in Stockholm. In Sweden, people call their grandmothers by two different names: farmor, which means father’s