The reason I choose to call the eightfold path an advanced teaching is that, while the definitions of each of the practices are relatively easy to teach and understand, their full application and ...

Every Thursday afternoon, about a dozen men convene in a makeshift meditation hall at a correctional institution near Daytona Beach. Beneath too-bright fluorescent lights and separated only by sliding ...

Every Thursday afternoon, about a dozen men convene in a makeshift meditation hall at a correctional institution near Daytona Beach. Beneath too-bright fluorescent lights and separated only by sliding ...

Buddhist monk Paley Ellison (Wholehearted) delivers an outstanding guide to the essentials of Buddhist practice. To counter the “tangle” of fears and resentments engendered by modern life, Paley ...

After the Buddha attained enlightenment, he preached a sermon, sharing the wisdom he had just attained so as to benefit humanity at large. The wisdom comprised of four noble truths and an eightfold ...

In the aftermath of two disasters within a month, we mark tomorrow the hallowed day of Poson which was the most significant turning point in Sri Lanka’s history when Arahat Mahinda, the son of India’s ...

Wesak Day is being celebrated in Malaysia today. It marks the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha. The Buddha’s message of peace, compassion and love for all living beings tells us to open ...

Buddhism began in the fifth century before Jesus in what is now Nepal, with a prince named Siddhartha. The young man was sheltered for most of his life, living in a palace. But in his early 30s, while ...

Knowingly or unknowingly, we are all on the Dharma path. It doesn't matter if you are a Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, or Satanist. Okay, maybe not Satanist, but we are all in our own way ...