Archives: BD Articles
Crucial Instructions
The late Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, a great 20th century Buddhist teacher, offers four sets of pithy teachings on bringing the absolute nature into our path.
Forum: Practicing the Great Perfection
Forum with Marcia Schmidt, Ron Garry and Mingyur Rinpoche on the view, teachings, and challenges of Dzogchen.
In Translation: Nothing to be Discarded or Kept
Heart advice by Dzogchen masters, from the newly translated collection of teachings, Quintessential Dzogchen.
Buddhism and the American Character
We might pause to consider the American character as it relates to practice, focusing on those traits most likely to challenge us as practitioners.
What is Jukai?
Jukai as defined by Diane Eshin Rizzetto, an abbess of the bay Zen center in Oakland, California.
Reflecting on a Mother’s Love
Before he encountered the dharma, explains Ajahn Amaro, his mother was his main example of great kindness and generosity.
Into the Depths of Emptiness
Master Sheng Yen surveys the path to enlightenment, explaining how it progresses and where its pitfalls are. Our intellectual understanding, our temporary realizations, even the exalted state of oneness—all must be dropped to realize the deepest emptiness, the highest truth.
Forum: How Should I Help?
Forum with Paul Haller, Robina Courtin, and Bernie Glassman on the relationship between social engagement and Buddhist practice.
Opinion: Kobai Scott Whitney
The Upper Middle Way: Have North American Buddhists renounced renunciation?
Profile: Snow Lion Publications
To the surprise of the publishing world, the Dalai Lama and his translator Jeffrey Hopkins decided to give the project to Snow Lion Publications.
Profile: Death of a Pioneer
The famous Buddhist scholar Herbert Guenther passed away on March 11, in Saskatchewan, at the age of 88. "Engagement with what matters" was his motto.
First, the Bad News
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche looks at the late Chögyam Trungpa’s unique and uncompromsing presentation of Buddhism’s basic principles.
The New Panditas
Charles Prebish examines the emerging role of Buddhist scholar-practitioners and how they are deepening our understanding of Buddhism.
The Joy of the Lonely Dancer
Too often, says Judith Simmer-Brown, Buddhism’s principles of emptiness and aloneness lead us into the extreme of nihilism.
Laughter Through the Tears: Kosho Uchiyama Roshi on Life as a Zen Beggar
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi on the bittersweet life of a Zen beggar, translated by Daitsu Tom Wright and Jisho Warner.
Review of “No Time to Lose”
"No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva" by Pema Chödrön, reviewed by Roger Jackson.
The Pros & Cons of a Solitary Retreat
A solitary retreat offers the opportunity to deepen one’s practice in profound and lasting ways. But it’s not without pitfalls.
The Three Lineages
Inspiration, innovation, institution—Reginald A. Ray looks at the different manifestations of lineage and how they maintain their awakened quality.
Forum: How to Be a Student
Sharon Salzberg, Norman Fischer, and The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on how the student-teacher relationship really works.