Dharma Bum Temple’s Engaged Buddhist Training Program provides an eight-week long initiative ending with refuge and vow ceremonies
Sarah C. Beasley shares how translating Buddhist teachings and practice for American adults in an open and engaging manner requires wisdom and patience
Progress on the path through eliminating the Five Mental Hindrances
Generosity and compassion on the path: embodying the legacy of an ancient spiritual heritage
A new study published in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published by the US-based non-profit Public Library of Science, has underscored the effectiveness
Advice on living skillfully and engaging in good conduct
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim shares a teaching on death and dying, acceptance and letting go.
Building the foundation of Buddhist conduct
Dharma practitioners, and many people who uphold and live by ethical values, can sometimes be far from open minded, even old fashioned to the point
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
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
In last month’s column, we explored the first parami (Skt. paramita, or “perfection”) of dana (“generosity”), so we are now ready to explore the second, sila, which translates as “morality” or
