Category: Buddhist Wisdom

How Lojong Awakens Your Heart

Pema Chödrön's new commentary on Atisha's famed mind-training slogans that use our dificulties and problems to awaken our hearts.

Buddhism shouldn’t be stereotyped as a New Age fad or reduced to a technique, says Scott Mitchell. We miss so much by not acknowledging what it is.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu outlines five principles of the ethical, restrained life conducive to meditation practice.

Now that Buddhism has come to the West, asks David Loy, how are they changing each other?

It’s possible that most Western Buddhists are “unaffiliated.” There is therefore no record of their activity. They practice off the books.

When something bad happens to you, it isn’t necessarily the result of your own actions. Judy Lief offers a nuanced understanding of karma.

Buddhist teacher Ethan Nichtern talked with Lion's Roar about one of his favorite films—and the subject of his new book—"The Princess Bride."

The Winter 2017 issue of Buddhadharma — the first in its new journal format — is available now. Preview the magazine contents.

Roger Jackson reviews "Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination" by Reiko Ohnuma.

Buddhadharma editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod takes a look at the journal’s relaunch, and its mission to support committed Buddhists.