Category: Buddhist Wisdom
How Am I Doing?
From time to time, says Anyen Rinpoche, it’s important to take an honest look at yourself and ask, how am I doing on the Buddhist path?
The Power of Unbearable Compassion
When we can no longer bear the suffering of sentient beings, says the Karmapa, we unleash our full potential to help others and ourselves.
We’re Just Getting Started
Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux reflects on the last fifteen years of the magazine, and reveals the exciting changes to come.
Inside the Fall 2017, 15th-anniversary issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly
In this special anniversary issue, we celebrate with a selection of the best teachings and articles we’ve published over the last fifteen years.
A Prayer to Be of Benefit
Buddhist student Kaitlyn Hatch wanted a prayer specifically designed for the divided, trying time we're living in. So she wrote her own.
Training the Heart
Ajahn Chah says that if you want to transform the mind, you must to know and transform the heart.
Love Letters Sent by the Wind
“A single night of love is better than a hundred thousand years of sterile meditation,” he wrote. The life and poetry of Ikkyu, translated by John Stevens.
The True Dragon
If you are carving your own dragon, you will never see the real one. That’s why true zazen requires giving up your personal style of practice.
Things As It Is
Zen master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi on The Sandokai, which he calls "one of our most important teachings."
How We Can Address Patriarchy
Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens on why Buddhist community members must confront and deal with ethical misconduct, and how to do it.
Do Buddhists believe in a soul?
Do Buddhists believe in a soul? We answer your questions on Buddhism and meditation.
The Dalai Lama: The Lamp for Our Path
Jan Willis reflects on why the world needs His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his message of compassion, peace, and joyfulness more than ever.
6 Pointers for Making a Positive Life Change
Josh Korda shares six pointers on how to cultivate the patience and support to make postive changes in your own life.
Review: “A Ghost Story” contemplates impermanence and eternity
The new indie film "A Ghost Story" is a tender meditation on Buddhist themes like impermanence and bardo. And, it’s also boring.
In the Pure Land of the Present Moment
This is what I heard. Thich Nhat Hanh came to Hollywood to announce that one of his books would be made into a movie. At that time, Thay had with him a number of monastic disciples—monks and nuns from Deer Park Monastery and Plum Village—a number of lay disciples, and many movie stars, directors, and…
Pain, Practice, and Pure View
When the teacher F's up, what's a Buddhist to do? Justin von Bujdoss offers a clarification of the pure view of the tantric Buddhist path.
How I Got Comfortable with My Imperfections
John Manderino stumbles through Zen meal practice — and decides that’s perfectly okay.
Official statement on passing of Michael Stone released
Carina Stone, Erin Robinsong and Rose Riccio have released an official statement on the passing of Buddhist teacher Michael Stone.
Remembering Buddhist teacher Michael Stone
Michael Stone, 42, was an activist, family man, and teacher of yoga and Buddhism.
Our Teachers Are Not Gods
Longtime practitioner and psychotherapist Rob Preece says even though as students we may be devoted to our teachers, we can't afford to idealize them anymore.