[ad_1] In response to the war and growing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, our international Plum Village community is releasing A Cloud Never Dies, a documentary about our teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay), and we have written an open letter calling for peace...

[ad_1] New years in Theravadan Buddhism — which can translate as “the teachings of the elders,” the form of Buddhism prevalent in South East Asian countries such as Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and India — is typically a three-day celebration beginning...

[ad_1] “Have a little faith in your ability to handle whatever’s coming down the road. Believe that you have the strength and resourcefulness required to tackle whatever challenges come your way. And know that you always have the capacity to make the best of anything....

[ad_1] “Meeting Parnashavari and Hayagriva in the forest…” A readers meditative experience. Editors Note This lovely recollection of a visualized meditation from our reader/contributor Adrian Hamblin is just too beautiful not to publish. After meditating with two of...

[ad_1] When we are called upon to help in a crisis, says Kaira Jewel Lingo, it’s not a question of whether or not to respond — we must respond. But the way we do is crucial. From the Summer 2020 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly. Faya, Maldives...

[ad_1] Although this discourse on Arousing Mindfulness is considered to be the main method of training for Vipassana, it is actually the main foundation practice of all other methods and practices in all schools, traditions, methods and lineages of Buddhism. For this...

[ad_1] On the Transgender Day of Visibility, Ray Buckner shares his journey to find home on both the Buddhist path and the path of transition. My hand meets the hair on my face. I stroke my fingers back and forth, hearing the sound of my beard as I rub my chin left to...

[ad_1] “It is the marriage of the soul with nature that gives birth to imagination.” ~Henry David Thoreau Before my accident, before we had kids, after we divorced, after my father died from Covid, before the pandemic… We tend to divide our lives into the before and...

[ad_1] “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. It was Saturday, August 29th, 2020, when I admitted to myself, for the very first time, that I was a victim of sexual assault as a child. Twenty-five years of...

[ad_1] Buddha did not teach faith. Period. That doesn’t mean we can’t have faith in Buddhism — or Dharma — only that the faith is earned through logic, practice and practical methods. This is clearly stated in the discourses and Suttas. Most Buddhists classify...