Category: Buddhadharma
Khanti, or Patience, as Relational Practice
Khanti is one of the parami, and an antidote to anger. How can we bring it to bear in our relationships — meeting conflict, hurt, and intensity directly — without flinching, shutting down, or acting out?
Gampo Abbey and Dharmata Foundation announce collaboration
Pema Chödrön and Anam Thubten Rinpoche have each offered their blessings.
Great Compassion Takes Form
Karen Greenspan takes us to Kathmandu to witness the immersive, nine-day Avalokiteshvara Drupchen ceremony. Featuring photos courtesy of the Drukpa Nuns and photos and video by the author.
Lion’s Roar among 2026 Awardees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
This year’s awardees include four Buddhism Public Scholars, nine dissertation Fellows, five Early Career Research Fellows, a new professorship grant of $300,000, and six Public Impact Grants to be announced this summer.
84000 opens new gateway to the Tibetan Buddhist canon
At the heart of the new site is an open-access library of thousands of canonical texts, organized according to traditional categories and searchable by topic.
A Bigger Umbrella
Rev. José M. Tirado on working with the spiritual longing “for the complete thing, the practice that would hold all of me, the teacher who would see everything I was bringing and say: yes, this too belongs.”
Is This the Spiritual Awakening that We Seek?
In the introduction from his new book, Loving the World as Our Body: The Nondual Path in a Dangerous Time, David R. Loy asks us to consider what we could have learned from our religions, and how we might bring about what we need today: a spirituality that loves this world.
The Worst of Times, the Best of Times
In this excerpt from Girl in a Box: Seeking Enlightenment as a Tibetan Buddhist Nun, Paldrom Catharine Collins discovers that sometimes it’s bad times that lead to big breakthroughs.
A.I., Yogacara, and the Mind That Was Never Only Ours
AI, writes Rev. Mauricio Hondaku, is not a threat to the dharma, but "a new surface on which the dharma can write itself, provided we bring to its design the same care, depth, and intentionality that the tradition has always demanded of its vessels."
Karmapa Center 16 to hold July consecration ceremony, teaching
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche will lead the ceremony and offer a free public teaching on Guru Rinpoche on Saturday, July 25. These events will take place both onsite at the Center and broadcast live online via Zoom.
How to Train Change Agents
Darcie Price-Wallace on Ven. Dhammananda’s care, collaborative efforts, and inclusive practices for fully ordained Buddhist nuns, novice nuns, and laity.
Satipatthana and the Field of Relationship
Most practitioners, says nico hase, understand the Buddha's Satipatthana Sutta as a framework for individual practice. But the instructions are more layered than that. The Buddha directs attention internally, externally, and both internally and externally. That third mode is almost never emphasized in contemporary teaching — and it maps uncannily onto the actual work of relationship.
The Story of Buddhist Reformer Venerable Ādicca Vamsa
Hein Htet Kyaw offers a profile of a monk, author, and hero of Buddhism deserving of true appreciation.
Reclaiming Our So-Called “Cultural Baggage”
Asian American Buddhist communities have for years been dismissed by “convert” Buddhists for carrying “cultural baggage.” Nalika Gajaweera says the response should not be to let it go but to claim it as a mark of cultural responsibility.
You Are Already a Buddha
In this, the first of a three-part series on tantra, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche presents the three stages of meditation. Meditation, he says, is the process of recognizing your buddhanature, then nurturing that recognition.
A Translator’s Journey Into the Tibetan Language
Ana Carla Vergara Calvar on how she found her way into translating the dharma — and how you might, too.
Arson suspected in Tassajara zendo destruction; Suspect arrested
No one had been injured but the zendo was completely lost to the late-March fire, as well as some of the library.
Death and the Practice of Love
Dharma teacher and author nico hase on how death contemplation can transform the everyday frictions of partnership into a field for practicing impermanence.
Community joins together after Buddhist Church of Sacramento vandalization
"One never fully realizes the strength of community until a time of need," writes the BCS in response to the care of its sangha and neighbors.
Creating Buddhism-informed Spiritual Care on College Campuses
The Maitreya Association’s co-founder and president explains the creation of the first-ever professional network of Buddhist college chaplains and its impact on American Buddhist higher education ministry.