When Judy Roitman learned her favorite dharma text was actually a patchwork of phrases and poems lifted from other sources, she started looking into the authorship of Buddhist texts. What she found surprised her.
Karma: The Choice Is Yours
There are two ways to understand dependent origination, teaches Ajahn Buddhadasa. But only one leads to liberation.
Dzogchen Explained
Roger Jackson reviews “Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection,” Vol. 1 by B. Alan Wallace.
The Path of Solidarity
Doshin Nathan Woods considers what it means to stand arm in arm as part of our Buddhist practice.
Buddhist Ethics in the 21st Century
Koun Franz explains what ethics has meant in his own practice.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Spring 2017
Rory Lindsay reviews “The Buddha’s Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony,” “For Nirvana: 108 Zen Sijo Poems,” and more.
Inside the Spring 2017 Buddhadharma magazine
The Spring 2017 issue of Buddhadharma is available now. Here is a preview of what you’ll find in the magazine.
Let’s Stand Up Together
Bhikkhu Bodhi urges Buddhists to be visible advocates of peace, basic sanity, and social justice — causes that, he argues, transcend party politics.