Mahāyāna Buddhism emphasizes compassion, and yet it portrays awakened beings who look anything but peaceful and loving. The best-known of…
Life as a battle is a common metaphor -- even in Buddhist teachings. Bodhipaksa shows how the Buddha subverted the…
Wrathful Vajrapani, the bold blue Buddha of energy, is helping Vajradevi to transform her demons. A few years ago I…