The soul’s eternal life is a cornerstone belief of many religions, not only Christianity and Islam but also Hinduism. Yet Buddhism teaches the very opposite: the impermanence of everything, including ...

We are now in the summer months, a time when we feel the desert heat more than any other time of the year. In many ways, warmth is something that a lot of people like to feel. For instance, it warms ...

My life has changed drastically since I adopted an interest in Buddhist philosophy. A significant part of the peace, determination, and happiness I feel today can be traced back to the perspectives ...

Every morning Gen Kelsang Chodor, a soft-spoken Brit, wakes up at the Kadampa Meditation Center just north of downtown Sarasota, where he teaches hundreds of people from all backgrounds how to find ...

ON first becoming acquainted with the mighty and ancient religion of Buddha, one may be tempted to deny the correctness of this title, “ The Protestantism of the East.” One might say, “ Why not rather ...

It appears on your right as you go around the temple, and you wonder at once if that is the tree: an ancient-looking, sprawling tree with a massive trunk and a zone of deep, hypnotizing shade at its ...

Buddha had many things to teach us. Here is one of his most important and famous teachings. Buddha said that there are two things to remember in life: Take care of your thoughts when you are alone.

Bell-like and pure, an angelic, recorded voice pierces the quiet, climbing up octaves, soon joined by 60 live ones: Softly blew the breezes on that glorious morn / In Lumbini’s garden where Siddartha ...

We tend to struggle with how to think about dying: What really happens? How will it feel? Is there something beyond? Shamar Rinpoche was officially the 14th Shamarpa, or Red Hat Lama, of Tibet, on a ...

Kim Ki-duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring is the official Korean entry for Best Foreign Language Film in Kim Ki-duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring is the official Korean ...