When There is Here. A Monk Returns Home to a New Awakening
Malcolm Hunt
19 August 2016
The small van drove through the archway of the monastery where I had been ordained and spent four years of my life as a monk.
Amitabha’s Name is the Essence of the Pure Land Teachings
Alan Kwan
24 June 2016
Deliverance of sentient beings through the Name According to Buddhism, Buddhas have four different ways of delivering sentient beings in the Ten Directions: 1. Bodily
The Active Principle of Amitabha’s Deliverance in Pure Land Buddhism
Alan Kwan
10 June 2016
Is Amitabha truly existent? We know about Amitabha Buddha from the three Pure Land sutras spoken by the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. However, just as Shakyamuni
Pure Faith: The Broader and Deeper Meaning of Faith in Buddhism
Alan Kwan
13 May 2016
The broader meaning of faith in Buddhism Religion, in its simplistic definition in the Western world, is synonymous with faith. Many religions talk about an
The Wheel of Mental Balance
Diego Hangartner
13 May 2016
For more than three decades, I have researched and explored the mind and consciousness. My investigations have included pharmaceutical lab work with mind-altering substances and
Mindrolling Monastery and the World Peace Stupa
Dharma Eye
6 May 2016
For the last three years, I have been conducting a photographic investigation of the life, culture, circumstances, traditions, and the new homes, settlements, and monasteries
The Compassion of Guanyin in Carmel, New York
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
29 April 2016
At Chuang Yen Monastery, a traditional Chinese Buddhist monastery in Carmel, New York, I watch the nuns performing the daily evening puja to Guanyin (Wade-Giles:
Buddhistdoor View—Self-Sacrificing Patricians: Buddhism’s Moral Message to the Powerful and Privileged
Buddhistdoor Global
29 April 2016
The word “inequality” is one of the most provocative catchphrases of our post-2008 Financial Crisis world. While living standards have been rising globally, wealth distribution
Seeking Faith in Religion
Alan Kwan
29 April 2016
Those who have no intention of seeking faith in religion Although people are said to be superior to animals and are capable of reasoning and
“Faith through Devotion” is Favored over “Faith through Interpretation” in Pure Land Buddhism
Alan Kwan
15 April 2016
One must have previously cultivated deep roots of virtue in past lives in order to believe in the teachings of Pure Land Buddhism upon first
How Does Amitabha-recitation Nourish the Root of Faith?
Alan Kwan
1 April 2016
Faith through devotion is not necessarily the result of the root of wisdom One must have previously cultivated deep roots of virtue in past lives
Evidence Based on Sutras, Commentaries, and Accounts
Alan Kwan
19 February 2016
The teachings of Pure Land Buddhism are easy to practice but difficult to believe in At the end of the Amitabha Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha observes that