Buddhism is one of the oldest religions of the world. Buddhism is practiced by a large number of people in many parts of the world, particularly in the South …
Dzogchen is an ancient spiritual teaching developed in Tibet within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It does not belong to a school or religious system. Dzogchen is a set of …
In the early centuries of Buddhism in Asia, Zen monks were primarily homeless wanderers, living a mindful, ascetic life, dedicated to maintaining and passing on the teachings. One of …
The Madhyamaka school of Buddhism, the followers of which are called Madhyamikas, was one of the two principal schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India, the other school being the …
Here is a compelling article written by Sodo Yokoyama Roshi, also known as The Leaf Flute Zen Master (草笛禅師 Kusabue Zenji). Yokoyama was a disciple of Kodo Sawaki Roshi and …
In his first sermon in the Deer Park, Gotama tells us what dukkha means: “This is dukkha: birth is painful, aging is painful, sickness is painful, death is painful, …
* “During zazen we are observing ourselves. We are observing ourselves subjectively—we are observing ourselves objectively. So when I say, “Today I must give someone here the rensaku,¹” everyone wonders …
*Words by Sava Chankov (originally written on Quora) I spent the last year in a Zen temple in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Before you read on I would like to …
Description: A dramatic reconstruction of the life of the great Japanese monk Dogen, who lived in Japan in the 13th century and introduced Soto Zen Buddhism from China. Comments: …
It can be helpful to remember that the brain, this organ each of us carries inside our skull, is the product of 650 million years of evolution. Probably the …
