Category: Buddhist Wisdom
Tibetan Nuns Project educates female monastics
Rinchen Khando Choegyal fights the second-class status of female monastics in Tibetan Buddhism.
Inside the Winter 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly
The Winter 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly is available now. Preview the magazine contents and sample articles.
What Is Gassho?
Kobun Chino Roshi explains the meaning of gassho, a hand gesture that is often accompanied with a bow.
In Accord with All Time
If you can know yourself as the unity of past, present, and future, says Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, then you see you’re right where you ought to be.
Illness and the Buddha’s Prescription
The Buddha knew that illness is a natural part of human life. Toni Bernhard shares how the first noble truth has helped her gracefully accept being chronically ill.
Who Is Avalokiteshvara?
Avalokiteshvara has undergone many transformations over the centuries, but their purpose remains the same — to help humanity with compassion and mercy.
Ask the Teachers: Are there types of work that are incompatible with Buddhist practice?
Konda Mason, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, and José Shinzan Palma discuss the difficulty of aligning our work lives with our Buddhist values.
Smile at Fear: Pema Chodron on Bravery, Open Heart & Basic Goodness
Pema Chödrön offers a talk on bravery, fearlessness, warriorship, and smiling.
Putting Death on the Table
It’s the ultimate reality we all share. Why not get together and talk about it over a cup of coffee? John DeMont on death cafés.
Who Was Queen Anula?
Bhikkhuni Sudhamma traces the origins of Buddhist ordination for women to Queen Anula, Sri Lanka’s first Buddhist nun.