A scholar of Buddhism explains authentic ways to engage deeply with the tradition, ranging from short meditation retreats to full ordination as a monastic.
Ikebana, the Japanese floral art, is an ideal way to connect with nature and find inner harmony. This ancient art not only beautifies your surroundings but also offers a path to mental peace and ...
Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...
The United States is an ever-changing cultural landscape. As a nation of immigrants, we are a complex patchwork of individuals from ...
Writer Lu Xinhua was just 24-years old in 1978 when he published his breakthrough short story, “The Scar.” Written while a freshman at Fudan University, “The Scar” examined the traumatic legacy of the ...
A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...
Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...
“He’s getting better, but it’s not a topic he likes to talk about,” said Bhante Sumanarathana, a close friend of Wickramasinghe and resident monk at the Hilda Jayawardenaramaya Buddhist ...
The Secret of the Golden Flower: a Chinese Book of Life. Translated and explained by Richard Wilhelm., with a European Commentary by C. G. Jung. Translated into English by Gary F. Baynes.
Lara Dutta is currently in Nepal and during her trip, she paid a visit to the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Lara Dutta is currently in Nepal and during her trip, she paid a ...
As Basant (spring season) ushers in, Delhi’s public parks, gardens, and semal forests come alive in bloom, even as the season’s last rajnigandhas and nargis flowers begin to fade ... usual hustle and ...
Eileen Chong’s latest poetry collection, We Speak of Flowers, unspools the infinite nature of grief across time and space. In Buddhist belief, 100 days after a person has died, they are reborn or ...