BDG speaks with Ven. Guo Huei about the engaged Buddhist activities of Dharma Drum Mountain, and sustaining the Buddhadharma in a changing world
A high school student in the US offers some Zen reflections on stillness and the many paths toward liberation.
A delegation of more than 100 monastics from Taiwan’s United Association of Humanistic Buddhism recently met with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
A comprehensive look at the thought of Hongzhi Zhengjue
The role of gender in monastery governance
Forum explores practicing and developing…
On the need for a real awakening toward…
Years ago, during a fundraising gala for the Chan Meditation Center, I met Master Sheng Yen’s first Western monastic disciple, Paul Kennedy, and we invited
The first challenge I encountered during the first year of my monastic training as a postulant was overcoming the discomfort from the clothes we wore.
Many people have a romantic notion of what it must be like to be a Dharma heir. It reminds me of a Chan story about
Crossroads, challenges, and dilemmas in the practice of…
I was introduced to the Chan Meditation Center in New York in 1997, when I came to work as a volunteer for almost a month.
