Buddhistdoor View: Shedding Our Sorrows in 2025
The snake is a symbol of wisdom across cultures and can serve as a venerable teacher for our own personal growth in 2025
The snake is a symbol of wisdom across cultures and can serve as a venerable teacher for our own personal growth in 2025
8 December is the day that many east Asian Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s enlightenment
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores the wisdom contained within a charming new book from Zen priest James Ishmael Ford
A welcome reminder of the fundamental truths of reality that the Buddha offered in his first teaching and how they are still deeply relevant to our lives today
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim explores suffering and happiness and the Buddhist path to personal liberation
Tiffani Gyatso ponders growth and maturity on the Buddhist path amid the inevitability of suffering and impermanence
Exploring the meaning of Vesak as a trans-lifetime celebration of the Buddha’s final rebirth, and the many that came before
A look at the themes and teachings that inform the celebrations of Vesak, including the life of the Buddha and the Buddha-era
Buddha Purnima is the biggest religious festival for Buddhists and was celebrated across Bangladesh, where it is observed as a public holiday, on 22 May.
Nachaya Campbell-Allen considers a remarkable new book that explores the earliest history of Buddhist women
Prof. David Dale Holmes considers what it means to embark on the Buddha’s path to liberation
Anam Thubten Rinpoche offers a commentary on modern Buddhism and the commonalities that connect us all