The Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma. Preview the magazine and sample its contents.
Integrating Yogacara in Your Practice
Yogacara provides us with a useful conceptual framework for understanding the mind that can transform our [...]
Just When You Think You’re Enlightened
Temporary spiritual experiences, such as flashes of bliss or clarity, can be helpful signs of progress if you [...]
Forum: What Is Enlightenment?
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Ayya Tathaaloka, Setsuan Gaelyn Godwin, and David Matsumoto explore their traditions' different perspectives on [...]
The Key to Zen
The key to Zen, says Sekkei Harada Roshi, is to throw it away. No matter how important something it is, keep throwing it away. Where Is the Way to [...]
Koans for Troubled Times
How do we as Buddhists meet the challenges of our time? Joan Sutherland shares the history of koans, which were created to deal with a difficult [...]
What If Our Delusions Aren’t a Barrier to Enlightenment?
"What if our deluded minds aren’t a barrier to enlightenment at all?" asks Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. "What if they are the very path to it?" If your [...]
I Vow Not to Burn Out
Mushim Ikeda says it's not enough to help others. You have to take care of yourself too. At the end of January, one of my close spiritual friends [...]
Why We Take Refuge
There are two kinds of refuge, says Mingyur Rinpoche—outer and inner. The reason we take refuge in the outer forms of enlightenment is so that we may [...]
The Ocean of Boundless Compassion
Mark Unno reflects on compassion as immersion into the sufferings of samsara, like a raindrop falling into the ocean. I remember as a small child [...]
How Jhana Quells the Five Hindrances
If you think you’re seeing things as they really are, think again, says Ajahn Brahm. Unless you’ve had the deep experience of letting go known as the [...]
