I recently came across a beautifully written article by Sam Kriss, who I'd never heard of before. I was struck…
New 'Living Buddha' Reported Discovered What does his Holiness the Dalai Lama have to do with moral panics over "marihuana,"…
A well-known Buddhist teaching explains that all (or at least most) beings have, at one time or another in the…
This morning I had an email from Sheila, one of our newsletter subscribers. She'd shared the article called "The Buddha's…
In the 17th century, the philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal outlined his famous "wager," attempting to make a case for…
Everything is impermanent. What arises will cease. When Shakyamuni gained enlightenment (insight), he became a Buddha, which means he attained…
Facebook's a funny place. You'll post a link to a really brilliant, informative, insightful, and useful article on meditation and…
My Reincarnation, a film about the burden of being told that you're a reincarnated lama, opens October 28 in New…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: For Tenzin Zopa, a young Nepalese monk, finding the reincarnation of his dead Tibetan master, Geshe Lama Konchog,…
Buddhist author, scholar, and practitioner Nagapriya shares insights into the Tibetan view of rebirth as a spiritual practice, in this…