
Exploring AI and Buddhism: A Conversation with Khyentse Vision Project
Buddhadharma’s Mariana Restrepo interviewed KVP’s Dolma Gunther, Casey Forgues, and Zack Beer about AI’s impact on Buddhism and its significance for translators and practitioners.
MARIANA RESTREPO
Moment by Moment Nirvana
In his new translation of Dogen’s Shobogenzo, Kazuaki Tanahashi explores why even a moment of meditation is a moment of enlightenment.Kazuaki Tanahashi
Pain Is My Built-in Buddha
Bhikkhu Bodhi on the stern but eloquent teachings of chronic pain.Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Power & The Practitioner
Buddhist practice, in the popular mind, is conceived of as gentle, even somewhat passive — yet it prizes and cultivates potent powers derived from both oneself and other sources. Join leading Buddhist teachers as they look closely at the powers that we cultivate in dharma practice, from the absolutely practical to the mysterious (and even the supernatural). <br /> <br />

Cultivating the 5 Powers
Author, medical doctor, and Plum Village monastic Sister Dang Nghiem (a.k.a. “Sister D.”) talks about how her teacher Thich Nhat Hanh taught the “five strengths” — faith, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, and insight — and how we can harness them to drive and deepen our dharma practice.

Understanding Self Power & Other Power
Mark Unno explains how giving ourselves over to other power, an idea central to Asian Buddhist thought, can lead us to awakening.

The Dharma of the Second Bell
Rev. Joan Amaral recalls “Operation Bring John Home” — an effort to break through the bureaucracy that kept a married couple apart — while living one’s values and remaining unbowed.
Meet a Dharma Teacher: Carlo Carranza of Siddhartha’s Intent
Mariana Restrepo talks to Buddhist teacher, translator, and former monastic Carlo Carranza of Siddhartha’s Intent.
Mariana Restrepo & Carlo Carranza
How Buddhist Mandala Offering Practice Works – And Why
Mandala offering, an integral part of the foundation, or ngöndro, practices of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, allows us to harness positive karmic forces through relentless generosity. Loppon Yudron Wangmo explains how these practices help create favorable conditions for spiritual growth and removes obstacles on the path to awakening.
Yudron Wangmo

How USAID Cuts Will Impact Buddhist Countries and Communities
Cuts to USAID will have far-reaching consequences worldwide. Here’s how Buddhist nations, communities, and refugees might be affected.
Mariana Restrepo
Let Us Be Brave
Rev. Blayne Higa on how to bring more light and wisdom to a world where greed, anger, and ignorance threaten to compromise, or even consume, us all.
Rev. Blayne Higa
Sacred Places, Sacred Teachings: Following the Footsteps of the Buddha
Read a review of Sacred Places, Sacred Teachings: Following the Footsteps of the Buddha by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen, plus an excerpt courtesy of its publisher, Wisdom Publications.
Constance Kassor & Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen
Buddhism: A Journey Through History
Read a review of Donald S. Lopez, Jr.’s new book, Buddhism: A Journey Through History, plus an excerpt courtesy of its publisher, Yale University Press.
Constance Kassor & Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Dharma Books: Excerpts
Buddhism A–Z
Learn all about key Buddhist terms, concepts, and traditions in our in-depth glossary — perfect for beginners and committed dharma practitioners alike.