An extensive appendix explains the Zen Monastic System, with an especially interesting discussion of living in the Zen Hall, Zen Master Baizhang’s enlightenment, and the twenty essential rules of the ...

VAIL – The Summit Dharma Center is presenting an eight-week-series of teachings titled Introduction to Buddhism at the Vail Chapel back-building basement beginning March 11 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Running ...

Pure Land Buddhism offers a way to enlightenment for people who can't handle the subtleties of meditation, endure long rituals, or just live especially good lives. Pure Land Buddhism offers a way to ...

Buddhist teaching begins with the first talk given by Gautama Shakyamuni, the spiritual leader who lived in India about 500 B.C.E., to five friends who had separated from him when he gave up the life ...

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy in which believers strive to attain a state of ultimate enlightenment and inner peace. “Buddhism is a search for the soul, a way to find who you really are,” said ...

Many people hear the word buddhism and they think it is a religion. However, a person of any religion can bring buddhist principles into their life without giving up their religious beliefs. Buddhism ...

On a Friday night, I went to the late showing of "Star Wars III: The Revenge of the Sith." While the movie's special effects and landscapes were spectacular, what made it unique for me was its ...

THE Holy Buddha Purnima is the most sacred occasion for the Buddhist community of Bangladesh as well as for the global Buddhist community. It signifies the three important events in the Buddha's life: ...