Tenzo Kyokun was compiled by Dogen Zenji when he was thirty-eight and was living at Koshoji in Uji. This is a book of instruction for the “Tenzo”, who is …

Chöd and Dzogchen are the sacred teachings of Buddha who taught 84,000 different categories of teachings classified into nine systems of Sutra and Tantra. Chöd belongs to both Sutra …

Whenever Gutei Osho was asked about Zen, he simply raised his finger. Once a visitor asked Gutei’s boy attendant, “What does your master teach?” The boy too raised his …

Already in 1283, Master Dogen, the founder of the Soto Zen School, wrote a cookbook – a very practical manual of Instructions for the Zen Cook – in which …

The Heian period witnessed a flowering of Buddhist art and architecture. During this time, wood also replaced bronze as the most common material from which Buddhist sculptures were made. …

Buddha – Did you know? That: – Buddha’s birth name is Siddhartha Gautama. The exact date of the birth is unknown. According to historians, Buddha was born in 563 …

Vairochana – Akshobhya – Ratnasambhava – Amitabha – Amogasiddhi In Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism, the Five Dhyani Buddhas are a group of five “self-born” celestial …

In 21 May 2016, Buddhists around the world are celebrating Vesak – the birth, Enlightenment, and passing away of the Buddha Gautama. The Vesak is one of the most …

Mahayana, ( Sanskrit: “Greater Vehicle” – literally, the “Greater Ox-Cart”)  is a spiritual movement that arose within Indian Buddhism around the beginning of the Common Era and became by …

Bojjhanga (Pali: satta bojjhaṅgā or satta sambojjhaṅgā; Skt.: sapta bodhyanga) are the seven qualities that both lead to Enlightenment and also describe Enlightenment. The Buddha referred to these factors …