Category: Buddhist Wisdom

The Naked Nature of Time

The late Dainin Katagiri Roshi explores Dogen’s concept of Being-Time and how to work with it in our daily lives.

Why do people chant at Buddhist centers?

I’ve been invited to a Buddhist center. I want to go, but I worry that the chanting aspect of it might weird me out.

Pema Chödrön on Waking Up — and Benefiting Others

Pema Chödrön offers her unique perspective on The Way of the Bodhisattva, and addresses how we free ourselves from powerful emotional spells.

Dipa Ma, known as "the patron saint of householders," was a primary teacher of Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg, as well as one of Jack Kornfield’s teachers. Amy Schmidt and Sara Jenkins tell the story of this inspiring female practitioner and meditation teacher.

Buddhist Ethics in the 21st Century

Koun Franz explains what ethics has meant in his own practice.

Inside the Spring 2017 Buddhadharma magazine

The Spring 2017 issue of Buddhadharma is available now. Here is a preview of what you’ll find in the magazine.

Dharma Bum Temple’s New Way to Find a Buddhist Community

Dharma Bum Temple acts as training wheels for new Buddhists and shows them where to go next when they're ready.

Love Fights the Power

For bell hooks, fighting oppression doesn’t require anger or conflict—just opening our hearts and speaking the truth fearlessly.

Dharma Gates, Joan Sutherland, Meditation, Shambhala Sun, Lion's Roar, Buddhism

Through the Dharma Gate

The location of the gate — the forms of meditation — is fixed and known, but what will happen there can never be known ahead of time. Joan Sutherland on the place where form and formlessness meet.

Enlightenment in Female Form

Gelek Rinpoche argues that enlightenment is possible only when female and male energies are both present. Tara practices bring enlightened female energy.

Love and Liberation: An interview with Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh on true love, the benefits of suffering, and insight that will set you free. He says he teaches original Buddhism with a Mahayana spirit.

Broken bowl photo. Zen, tantra, vajrayana.

Zen Mind, Vajra Mind

The late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche described Suzuki Roshi as his “accidental father” in America, and through their close friendship he gained great respect for the Zen tradition. In this talk, Chögyam Trungpa looks at the basic differences between Zen and tantra.