Archives: BD Articles
Earthquakes and Blossoms Appear
Zen teachings of Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi, who died tragically while trying to save his young daughter from drowning.
Panel: Full-Time Practice
Joseph Goldstein, Judy Lief and Robert Thurman discuss the role of full-time practice in the West.
Readers’ Exchange: Illness
Buddhadharma readers share their experience of Buddhist practice in everyday life as it relates to illness.
Awakening “the One Who Knows”
The late Ajahn Chah teaches on the clear and penetrating knowing which frees us from the deception and suffering of untrained mind.
Illness: The Way Beyond Suffering
In August 1995, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and given just weeks to live. Over the next year I was close to death many times.
Ask The Teachers: “After twenty years, I’m wondering: ‘What’s the point?'”
I've been a Buddhist for more than twenty years and I've done a lot of meditation practice. More and more I find myself asking "What's the point?"
Reader’s Exchange: Parenthood
Readers share their experience of practice in everyday on the topic of parenting.
How Do We Develop Faith?
The Buddha once told this story about faith: A herd of cows arrives at the bank of a wide stream. The mature ones see the stream and simply wade across it.