The Magic of a Master Storyteller
Cathy Ziengs
24 January 2013
What can a person anticipate when meeting a middle age white man in Asia wearing a long piece of brown cloth and no hair? His
A Noble Rebirth
Nina Müller
5 November 2012
I used to think that if there is such a thing as a next life, and I could choose to be reborn as a woman
Love and Compassion: Rumi’s Seven Pieces of Advice
Dr. Thomas Lau
15 October 2012
Original Chinese text: Dr. Thomas Lau Translation: Isabelle Tsang English editing: Dr. Thomas Lau This summer, the Anatolia Cultural & Dialog Centre of Turkey and
Planting Seeds of Understanding
Cathy Ziengs
15 October 2012
Imagine … “a world where people are deeply grounded in a moral and ethical tradition, where humility and service are highly valued and where reason, science
Dead Compassion: Wang Yue and the Failure of Religion
Ittoku
21 October 2011
The West and China are both in furor over the death of little Wang Yue, the girl who was run over twice and had eighteen
The purpose of life in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Raymond Lam
2 July 2011
Along with death, the purpose of the individual is a returning question in philosophy and an overriding concern in all religions. Even the contemporary idea
The Evolution of Humanity: The Future of Buddhahood
Buddhistdoor Global
1 January 2011
Lopez (2008) and McMahan (2008) once made excellent points concerning the compatibility of science and Buddhism. These points largely centred on the tendency to conflate
Buddhism and Secularism: The Wedding of Old and New
Ittoku
5 March 2010
The increasingly globalized world denotes more than just the spread of Western media and brands. It denotes the secularization of society, with the exception of