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What exists is changeable and what is not changeable does not exist. Looking at life, we notice how it changes and how it continually moves between extremes and contrasts. We notice rise and fall, success and ...

The well-known global populariser of Vipassana meditation, S.N. (Satya Narayan) Goenka passed away last night in his home in Mumbai at the age of 89. Originally of Indian descent, Goenka was born and raised in Burma, where he became a successful businessman. The story he told about...

Speech to the Plenary Session of the International Buddhist Confederation, New Delhi, India on September 11, 2013.

Orchestrated by Shinnyo-en, an international Buddhist community, more than 2,200 candle-lit paper lanterns with individually-written messages of peace were set afloat onto a large reflecting pool in the center of Trump Rink, in honor of people who have dedicated their lives to the cause of peace.

During the time of the Buddha there were many learned men in India who pursued knowledge simply for its own sake. These people were full of theoretical knowledge. Indeed, some of them went from city to city challenging anyone to a debate and their greatest thrill was...

Love, without desire to possess, knowing well that in the ultimate sense there is no possession and no possessor: this is the highest love. Love, without speaking and thinking of “I,” knowing well that this so-called “I” is a mere delusion...

Brothers and sisters, we all want a happy life and have a right to achieve it. Mind is what makes a difference to whether we are actually happy. So, today’s talk will be about how to...

Blue Cliff Monastery is one of three mindfulness practice centers founded in the United States by Thich Nhat Hanh. Nestled on 70 peaceful acres of woodland in the southern Catskill region of New York State, it is home to a thriving community of Buddhist monks and ...

The exhibition, which will take place from Sept. 14 to Dec. 18, will be hosted at the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center by the Humanistic Culture and Education Foundation and the Fo Guang Shan Foundation for Buddhist Culture & Education.

Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan and Buddhist Thais, have made merit by offering food to 10,000 monks coming from the Deep South.

Teaching Cambodian Buddhist monks is mostly the same as teaching Cambodian children. There are less discipline problems and the monks can’t play games—even educational ones. Also, because I am a woman, I can’t touch the monks. I was told that...

Without the right understanding and wisdom, we will judge the practice simply with our emotions, and instead of seeing the benefit, we end up thinking that the practice is bad as it only brings suffering. But if we are...

Now I am worried that we Buddhists are going to be tarred by the same brush. Although I do hope that sense will prevail and the international community will not judge Buddhism harshly purely on the basis of actions taken by murderers and arsonists in...

The Buddha was a unique human being who was self-Enlightened. He had no one whom He could regard as His teacher. Through His own efforts, He practised to perfection the ten supreme qualities of generosity,...

Around 800 delegates and Buddhists, including prime ministers of Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Mongolia, would visit Patna, Bodhgaya and Rajgir on September 13 and 14 as part of the Global Buddhist Congregation...

Karmic intention. One of the Buddha's primary doctrinal innovations was to fundamentally alter the then prevailing notion of karma in Indian religious thought. While the word "karma" simply means "action", the Buddha virtually redefined the term from ritual action to ...

On a day before the Nikini full moon day King Bimbisara requested the Buddha to sojourn for the rainy season from Nikini full moon poya day in his kingdom, at Rajagaha Nuwara. The Buddha accepted this invitation...

Nomo homage to the Ullambana Assembly of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Thus I have heard, at one time, the Buddha dwelt at Shravarsti in the Garden of the Benefactor of Orphans and the Solitary. Mahamaudgalyayana had just obtained the six penetrations and wished to cross ...

I contacted him during a visit back home and asked if I could come to his temple to spend a weekend to practice meditation. Then, he advised me that he is in charge of several temples in the up-country...

True Buddhists do not depend on external powers for their salvation. Nor do they expect to get rid of miseries through the intervention of some unknown power. They must try to eradicate all their mental impurities to find eternal happiness...

Living life as a sincere human being is a definition of success that sidesteps the details of how you make a living, how much money or property you own, or how much power or influence you have...

Hundreds of thousands of Buddhists and tourists from home and abroad flocked to a reputed Tibetan monastery to celebrate the kick-off of the annual Shoton festival on Tuesday. The week-long event, also known as the Yogurt Banquet festival ...

As Buddhist monks and Buddhists, It is our duty to use the Lord Buddha’s teaching to solve the problems of the world. Solutions can starts by developing the educational system. We will discover that the failure of educational systems ...

We had the incredibly sad and disturbing news on Sunday that a series of bombs had been set off in Bodhgaya. The heart of Buddhism, where the Buddha was enlightened, and the destination for millions of Buddhist pilgrims, had been subjected to a terrorist attack.

Wat Chalong won’t be the only crowded temple in Phuket this coming Monday as Buddhists across the island celebrate Asaha Bucha to commemorate the Lord Buddha’s first teaching of Dhamma to...

In the Garden of Our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories* is a fresh and wonderful new children's book for introducing children to Buddhism, or for deepening their understanding. Written by Michelle L. Johnson-Weider and illustrated by Brian Chen...

New excavations have unearthed ruins of a thriving village with a shrine in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha in Nepal, more than a thousand years before Emperor Ashoka built monuments there to spread Buddhism.

The Brahmaviharas in Buddhism are the four beneficient qualities of metta (lovingkindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (empathetic joy), and upekkhā (equanimity.) Brahmavihara literally means 'abodes of Brahma' or 'the divine abodes', sometimes also translated...

After a long journey from India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was given a warm and friendly reception on arrival yesterday for his seventh visit to New Zealand. He then drove in brilliant wintry sunshine to his Christchurch hotel, where a traditional Tibetan welcome awaited ...

"JIN Gang Jing," or the "Diamond Sutra" - in Sanskrit the "Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra" - is one of the best-known sutras among Buddhists, especially in China and other Asian countries. It was originally produced in ancient India around 494 BC...