Category: Buddhist Wisdom
Progress & Pitfalls: An Historic 20 Years
For Buddhadharma’s 20th-anniversary issue, Barbara O’Brien takes a look back at the last two decades of losses, challenges, and opportunities in Western Buddhism.
We Give What We Hope to Receive
According to Dawa Tarchin Phillips, the work in the Buddhist BIPOC community is about recognizing the need for dignity, safety, and access—and then offering those same things.
I Will Follow in the Direction of Hope
Larry Ward looks at the path of leadership, and how we get entangled along the way.
It’s About Time : 20 Years of Buddhadharma
Editor Koun Franz introduces the 20th anniversary issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide, which looks back at where Western Buddhism has been, and what might lie ahead.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Fall 2022
Joie Szu-Chiao Chen reviews Lauren Shufran’s "The Buddha and the Bard: Where Shakespeare’s Stage Meets Buddhist Scriptures," Rachael Stevens’ "Red Tara: The Female Buddha of Power and Magnetism," a new translation of Dogen’s Zuimonki, and more.
It’s Time to Redefine “We”
How, asks Brian Joshin Byrnes, do we as Buddhists come into genuine contact with the people and places we reject?
Learning Is the Path Forward
Sonam Kachru reminds us we are all on a path of learning—and that we always have a long way to go.
How Are We Meeting This Moment?
Stephanie Kaza invites Buddhist communities, and specifically Buddhist leaders, to take a serious look at how they are—or aren’t—responding to the climate crisis.
To Save the World We Must Come Out of Hiding
When the suffering of the world knocks at our door, says Singhashri Gazmuri, we must be courageous enough to open it.
How do I maintain my faith in Buddhist teachings?
Willa Blythe Baker, Josh Korda, and Tenku Ruff answer a practitioner's question about losing faith in the institutions of Buddhism and the dharma itself.
Welcoming Faith
For Myokei Caine-Barrett, how we welcome the various parts of our traditions is a reflection of how we welcome others.
The Ultimate Service
Indigo Ocean explores the concept of worship and how it can enrich the Buddhist practice of awareness.
Glimpses of Awakening
Although enlightenment can seem like an unreachable goal, says Judy Lief, we're actually having glimpses of awakening all the time.
The Heart Sutra: the Fullness of Emptiness
Emptiness is not something to be afraid of, says Thich Nhat Hanh. The Heart Sutra teaches us that form may be empty of self but it’s full of everything else.
How to Have the World — and the Life — We Want
Leading Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg talks to Lion's Roar's Andrea Miller about how to care for ourselves, for others — and for the future. Because we’re in it for the long haul.
Why You Should Read “That Bird Has My Wings” by Jarvis Jay Masters
Jenny Phillips reviews "That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row" by Jarvis Jay Masters, the powerful memoir first published in 2009 and now in the news in 2022 thanks to Oprah Winfrey's picking of it for her famed book club.
Essential Meditation Books for Your Library
If you're looking for good books to begin or deepen your relationship to Buddhist meditation, you can't go wrong with these essential picks.
Oh Tara, Protect Us
In this teaching, Thubten Chodron comments on a prayer to the buddha Tara to protect us from the eight dangers.