Category: Teachings
Do Buddhists believe in heaven and hell?
Do Buddhists believe in heaven and hell? We answer your questions about Buddhism & meditation.
Do Buddhas think?
Zen teacher Blanche Hartman, Tibetan teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and Insight teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson answer the question, "Do Buddhas think?"
Zen Math Will Never Add Up
Nagarjuna’s four propositions tell us that something may be what it is or it may not; it may be neither or it may be both. This is Zen math.
What Are the Six Transcendent Perfections?
In Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva practices the six paramitas, or transcendent perfections.
Buddhists bring meditation to the streets and subways of NYC
A new and quickly growing organization called Buddhist Insights is helping New Yorkers meditate in all manner of surprising places.
Pain Is My Built-in Buddha
Bhikkhu Bodhi on the stern but eloquent teachings of chronic pain.
What Are the Five Recollections?
These five reminders about the reality of impermanence and karma are attributed to the Buddha himself, as taught in the "Upajjhatthana Sutta."
What does it mean to call yourself a Buddhist?
What does it mean to call yourself a Buddhist? Are there specific things you have to do or believe, or is it up to you?
Between Arhat and Bodhisattva
Ajahn Amaro examines the arguments for and against the arhat and bodhisattva ideals that define and too often divide the Buddhist traditions. He suggests a way out of the polarizing debate.
What is the Rakusu?
Have you ever wondered about that bib-like garment that Zen priests and some lay practitioners wear around their necks? (It was also worn by three people on the cover of the first issue of Lion’s Roar.) Called a rakusu, it’s a miniature version of the Buddha’s monastic robe. Since the Buddha’s robe was said to…