Practices

The Meaning of Taking Refuge

You can find many articles with titles like "Five Things You Didn't Know About Buddhism" and "Ten Weird Facts About Buddhism" These articles often are riddled with errors themselves.

What is the Noble Truth of the Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering?

 The Buddha emphasises the fruitful role the women can play n making the family life a success.

"Kill the Buddha" often is considered a koan, one of those bits of dialogue or brief anecdotes unique to Zen Buddhism. 

If you are to practice Buddhism with formal sincerity rather than just as an intellectual exercise, you will soon confront the fact that there are many, many different rituals is Buddhism.

To Buddhists, war is akusala—unskillful, evil. 

Interbeing is a term coined by Thich Nhat Hanh that is catching on with many western Buddhists. 

The precise origins of Mahayana Buddhism are something of a mystery. 

It is often asked if there are gods in Buddhism. The short answer is no, but also yes, depending on what you mean by "gods."

"Kill the Buddha" often is considered a koan, one of those bits of dialogue or brief anecdotes unique to Zen Buddhism.

The Art of Leadership

The Life and Role of the Bhikkhu

In Buddhism, there are several lists of "perfections"

Sariputra (also spelled Sariputta or Shariputra) was one of the foremost disciples of the historical Buddha.

We are not who we were very long ago. A lot of new ideas have emerged from Buddhism and other traditions emphasizing compassion, equality, nonviolence and critical perspectives on materialism and capitalism.

The first step in finding a Buddhist teacher is clarifying why you need one. A teacher cannot give you the life you want or make you the person you want to be.

In the West, we often associate religion, Christianity especially, with organized charity. 

The Eightfold Path is the path to enlightenment as taught by the Buddha. It is illustrated by the eight-spoke dharma wheel because the path is composed of eight parts or areas of activity that work together to teach us and help us manifest the dharma.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Along the pathways leading to the staging room where His Holiness the 104th Ganden Tripa Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche, supreme head of the Gelugpa tradition was waiting, were lined by great protectors of Tibetan Buddhism.

Among all the Buddha's teachings, those on the nature of the self are the hardest to understand, yet they are central to spiritual beliefs.

If you listen deeply, there’s just a slight shift of emphasis between “alone” and “all one.”

The Huayan or Flower Garland school of Mahayana Buddhism is respected to this day for the quality of its scholarship and teaching.

The word renunciation comes up frequently in discussions of Buddhism. What does it mean, exactly?

Dictionaries define prayer as a request for help or expression of gratitude directed to God, saints, or other godlike beings. Prayer is the central devotional activity of many religions.

What was life like for the first Buddhist monks? How did these followers of the historical Buddha become ordained and what rules did they live by? Though the actual story is shrouded a bit by the passing of centuries, the story of these first monks is fascinating.

Mahayana Buddhism developed six paramitas or perfections early in its history. Later, the list was fleshed out to include ten perfections. 

The Huayan or Flower Garland school of Mahayana Buddhism is respected to this day for the quality of its scholarship and teaching. Huayan flourished in Tang Dynasty China and deeply influenced other schools of Mahayana, including Zen, called Chan Buddhism in China.

Buddhism is not a monolithic tradition. As it spread through Asia over more than two millennia, it divided into several sects, each with its own liturgies, rituals, and canon of scriptures. There are also doctrinal disagreements. 

A sutra is a religious teaching, usually taking the form of an aphorism or short statement of beliefs. Sutra means the same thing in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism; however, the actual sutras are different according to each belief structure. Buddhists believe the sutras are the teachings of Buddha.