In the Western world it is well known that the great teachers often used stories and parables to convey deeper meanings. The parables of Jesus in the New Testament, the saints’ lives written in the ...

Buddhism is a religion of enlightenment. Because of this, here are six pieces of Buddhist wisdom to apply to your everyday life. Who knows, maybe you'll change for the better. You can carry this ...

Decades before meditation and mindfulness became popular (and profitable) parts of mainstream life, lifestyle practices derived from Buddhism existed on the fringes of American society. But, as with ...

In Zen Buddhism, wisdom has a lineage; one begins by thanking one’s teachers. Only now, thanks to a translation by Beata Grant, can early female masters be thanked. Professor of Chinese and religious ...

When Mordy Levine, a longtime practitioner of Buddhist meditation, turned 60 five years ago, he found himself struggling with the inevitability of death. As he searched for a teacher to guide him on ...

The Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, a Buddhist nun known for her humanitarian efforts, delivered the annual Schiffman Lecture in Religious Studies at Columbia College on Oct. 8, 2013. Before she began ...

Bhante Saranapala started his monastic life when he was 10 years old and has been practicing Buddhism ever since. Now 53, the Toronto-based monk leads weekly meditation sessions and monthly retreats ...

New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Acholars and monks from across the globe gathered at the recently held International Abhidhamma Divas, to discuss how the teachings of the Buddha, preserved in the ...

Known for her books and essays but less well-known as a lay Buddhist teacher and consulting editor to the magazine Tricycle, Tisdale unites her spiritual and feminist concerns by breathing life into ...