Back to Basics
Maia Duerr
17 October 2024
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
A Guide to Buddhist Hatred
Asa Hershoff
7 October 2024
Asa Hershoff examines spiritual practices and perspectives that help us to live mindfully, compassionately, and courageously
Engaged Buddhism Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Explores Sustainable Development at Three-Day Workshop in Bhutan
Craig C Lewis
2 October 2024
The revered Korean Dharma master Ven. Pomnyun Sunim returned to Bhutan to hold a three-day workshop on sustainable development for rural communities.
Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts Flee Communal Violence
Staff Writer
25 September 2024
Hundreds of indigenous families in the Rangamati and Khagrachari districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of southeastern Bangladesh are living in the forest or
Wounded Hands
Sensei Alex Kakuyo
25 September 2024
A meditation on generations of work and the moral value of labor in our technological age
On Not Turning Away, Healing, and the Film Sugarcane
Maia Duerr
19 September 2024
Maia Duerr examines the profound suffering wrought by Catholic boarding schools for First Nations people in Canada and the healing that can come from facing this history
Inner Sanctuaries and the Temples of Tibet
Tiffani Gyatso
6 September 2024
Buddhist artist Tiffani Gyatso shares her insights on inner and outer manifestations of sacred wisdom during a pilgrimage to Tibet
Buddhist Scholar Maung Zarni among Interfaith Delegation Visiting Palestine
Justin Whitaker
5 September 2024
Buddhist activist and scholar Maung Zarni joined the latest interfaith effort to draw attention to the suffering of people in Palestine
If You Know the Truth as It Is, There Is No Reason to Suffer
Jungto Society
4 September 2024
A Dharma teaching from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim that explores the potential of sustainable communities and Buddhist practice as a path to self-liberation.
Embracing Suffering as Part of Your Journey
Margaret Meloni, PhD
22 August 2024
Margaret Meloni investigates the importance of courage and self-compassion as aspects of our practice in the face of suffering on the Noble Eightfold Path
Exercise Your Right to Lead a Happy Life
Jungto Society
19 August 2024
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim explores suffering and happiness and the Buddhist path to personal liberation
The Art of Interrupting
Ratnadevi
16 August 2024
Ratnadevi guides us in our efforts to bring mindfulness and wisdom to those times when someone else needs help pausing in conversation