2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (256+ words) The Aegean light melts the silver and blue boundary between sea and sky, blistered only by ancient rocks forming large triangular shapes, as if painted onto a canvas. I find myself wondering how early seafarers viewed these looming landmasses emerge…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (811+ words) This new series focuses on one of Th'ch Nh't H'nh's key teachings: the Five Mindfulness Trainings. In a later series, we will turn to the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing. Together, these trainings show how the Buddhist…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (324+ words) More than 2, 500 Buddhist monks in Cambodia held a march and ceremony last Friday to honor soldiers killed in recent border clashes with Thai forces and to pray for peace between the two countries. Along the way, the march paused briefly…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (678+ words) Buddhistdoor Global Cambodia Celebrates International Buddhist Day with Royal Message Cambodia celebrated International Buddhist Day on 8 April with a royal message issued by the reigning king, Norodom Sihamoni. This year's theme for International Buddhist Day was titled: "Strengthening Solidarity and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (884+ words) This is the second installment of a five-part series on organizational development for Buddhist communities. When Shakyamuni Buddha twirled a flower on the Vulture Peak, his disciple Mahakasyapa smiled. Tradition tells us this smile signaled Mahakasyapa's realization of the direct,…...

23+ hour, 37+ min ago  (17+ words) Gen Z Predominates as a Record 250, 000 Visitors Flock to 2026 Seoul International Buddhism Expo'Buddhistdoor Global...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (589+ words) Yale University has announced the appointment of Buddhist studies scholar Hwansoo Kim as the next head of Morse College, with his term set to begin on 1 July. The appointment was confirmed by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis, who expressed appreciation…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (811+ words) Welcome, dear reader, to another month of taking metta off the meditation cushion and out into everyday life. My previous article, "Metta Makes Space," found me becoming my oldest friend's hands and feet as we decluttered her flat in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (513+ words) The convergence of these anniversaries invites reflection not only on two individual lives, but on the recurring exclusion of women from spiritual, social, and intellectual authority. It raises an uncomfortable question. After millennia of philosophical and political progress, why are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (569+ words) A late-night fire at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, located in remote mountains south of San Francisco, has destroyed the community's wooden meditation hall, or zendo, according to statements from monastery officials and local fire authorities. The fire broke out at…...