Where The Earth Meets The Sky – Future Feature Documentary
The goal of Where the Earth Meets the Sky is to create a breakout, feature length documentary film that will reach a global audience to galvanize new and broad support for Tibetan Freedom. […]
Adyashanti – Basic Principles of the Teaching Part 4
Adyashanti outlines the essential principles that form a foundation of understanding of his teaching. […]
Adyashanti – Basic Principles of the Teaching Part 3
Adyashanti outlines the essential principles that form a foundation of understanding of his teaching. […]
Adyashanti – Basic Principles of the Teaching Part 2
Adyashantioutlines the essential principles that form a foundation of understanding of his teaching. […]
Buddhist Leader Pushes for Nuclear Abolition Treaty – Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda: The following is the full text of an email interview with SGI President Daisaku Ikeda […]
Meditation & Divination: A Review Of The Taoist I Ching
by Bill Scheffel: This is the first of five periodic articles reviewing some of “the best books on mediation…” […]
Bhikkhuni – A Female Buddhist Monk Pt 1
One of 35 female monks in Thailand’s male-diminated Buddhist community, Ven Dhammananda Bhikkhuni is interviewed on ‘Bookcase.’ […]
Meaningful Symbols – A Guide to Sacred Imagery
For thousands of years, humans have used symbols to communicate values, ideas, and profound concepts. Symbols require no words, yet they say so much. […]
Dhanpal-Donna Quesada – Intro to Buddhism: “10 Houses of Suffering”
Donna Quesada: An all-in-one, shortened version of the Houses of Suffering presentation that introduces Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths. […]
Donna Quesada—”The Life-Changing Practice of Presence”
Donna Quesada talks about the life-changing practice of presence and gratitude at Yoga West, Los Angeles, “Home of Kundalini Yoga.” […]
Graphic Buddhist Meditation to Eliminate Anger – Donna Quesada
by Donna Quesada: This is a very potent Guided Buddhist Meditation for eliminating anger and hatred, through the contemplation and imagery of death and impermanence. […]
Bhikkhuni – Female Buddhist Monk Pt 2
Ven Dhammananda Bhikkhuni speaks about being one of the 35 female monks in Thailand’s male-dominated Buddhist community. […]
Life Moments with Venerable Bhikkhuni Dhammananda
An interview with Ven. Dhammananda about her early upbringing in a traditional Thai Buddhist family and how eventually she had had ‘enough’ of the mundane life and decided to go forth and in the process [...]
Thailand’s Female Monks Lobby for Legal Recognition
A quiet campaign to grant female monks legal recognition began this summer. Advocates hope that the minimal fanfare will help the ‘Bhikkhunis’ evade conservative religious opposition. […]
Overcoming Resistance Against Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordination
Dhammananda bhikkhuni Overcoming Resistance Against Theravada Bhikkhuni Ordination presented at Stanford University […]
Adyashanti Being Alone
Adyashanti’s nondual teachings have been compared to those of the early Zen masters and Advaita Vedanta sages. […]
History of the SGI – Daisaku Ikeda
The documentary is about the history of Daisaku Ikeda the founder of SGI, a national buddhist educational organization. […]
Reviving the Way of the Buddha
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni is a Thai Buddhist nun or bhikkhuni who received full ordination in Sri Lanka making her the first Thai woman to receive full ordination as a Theravada nun in the Dharmaguptaka ordination lineage. [...]
Buddhist Nuns in Thailand: Fighting for Equality
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: The decision to become a Buddhist nun is not taken lightly. First, mothers and other family members cut off long wisps of hair. […]
Today’s Global Reality – the Dali Lama
The Dali Lama speaks about the reality of the world and the importance of oneness more than ever. […]
My Number One Commitment – the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about his commitment to promote inner peace based on warm heartedness in this clip from the interfaith dialogue “Building Bridges.” […]
Dealing With Anger – the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about dealing with anger in this clip from his visit to Doon School in Dehradun, India, on October 28, 2011. […]
Optimism in the Face of Adversity – the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about how we can face adversity in difficult situations in his interactive session with students in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, on December 21st, 2010. […]
The Benefits of a Calm Mind – the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about the benefits of a calm mind during his teachings in Dharamsala, India. […]
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni-TedX
Unofficial video from the Shambles CAM of Dhammananda Bhikkhuni talking at TedX on 22 May 2011 […]
A Different Voice – Ayya Dhammananda
A Dhamma Talk by Dhammananda Bhikkhuni the topic “A Different Voice: Buddhism from a woman’s perspective” recorded live on Friday, Dec 12 at 7.30 pm. […]
Everywoman – Buddhist Nun and Hijab Fashion
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni’s battle to be accepted as a Thai Buddhist monk. And Amani Zain meets the young british women who want to be fashionable … and modest. […]
Showing Up – Arjuna Ardagh
by Arjuna Ardagh: We just completed a one-week Radical Brilliance Laboratory near Freiburg in Germany… […]
The First Teachings Of Buddha To His Son Rahula At Mango Stone
The following text is a description of Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta – The Pali text named “Instructions to Rahula at Mango Stone… […]
Boundlessly Realizing Wisdom Beyond Wisdom – Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: The Large Sutra on Realizing Wisdom Beyond Wisdom marks a vital shift from early Indian Buddhism to the Mahayana vision […]
Healthy Desire: A Buddhist’s View Of Mindfulness & Sex
by Ray Buckner: Buddhist practitioner Ray Buckner shares how bringing mindfulness into sex helps us develop a healthier relationship with… […]
10 Must Read Life Lessons From Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama was a great spiritual leader from a kingdom that is now called Nepal. […]
Technology and Compassion: A Conversation With the Dalai Lama
From how we get around to how we spend our time to how we manage our health, technology is changing our lives […]
What Is The Universal Mind?
by Bill Scheffel: I once heard Tsoknyi Rinpoche comment that terms for the unconditional – such as “Buddha nature” or “unborn awareness”… […]
The Feminine Principle in Buddhism – by Khandro Thrinlay Chodon
Khandro Thrinlay Chodon: The feminine principle can be viewed at different levels in accordance with an individual’s understanding or perspective. […]
How Far Are You Willing to Go to Wake Up?
By Lauren Krauze: Dream Yoga expert Andrew Holecek explains how tapping into our lucid dreams can help us better understand—and even enhance—our waking life. […]
Old Age Is Not Guaranteed
Zen training talks a lot about death. But one practitioner found that it doesn’t necessarily prepare you to face your own. […]
Five Things that Block the Pure State of Meditation
By Chad Foreman: What is Preventing You from Connecting with the Divine? […]
Start with a Flower: Alice Walker & Sharon Salzberg
Moderated by Melvin McLeod: Sharon Salzberg: In speaking about metta practice, or loving-kindness practice, one of the hardest things is not to sentimentalize. […]
The Path Towards Nirvana
by Kedar Nath: The path towards nirvana is an arduous path which starts with cessation and ends with cessation… […]
The Life Of Gautama Buddha
by Kedar Nath: Buddha taught the message of mercy and non-violence towards all living beings… […]
The Five Buddha Families as a Path of Residency at Upaya – Roshi Joan Halifax
by Roshi Joan Halifax: I began practicing with Roshi Bernie Glassman and Jishu Angyo Holmes almost 25 years ago… […]
Buddha & Enlightenment – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: When Lord Buddha got enlightened, he was silent for seven days… […]
Why Buddhists Have More Fun – Robert Thurman
Can your life be guided by fun, joy, and happiness even in these troubling times? Buddhist scholar and philosopher Robert Thurman says, with Buddhism, it can… […]
The Wisdom of “It’s Not My Fault”: Finding Freedom When We are Caught in Self-Blame – Tara Brach
by Tara Brach: I sometimes think that the most basic truths are the ones that we most regularly forget, and one of them is: If we are turned on ourselves, we cannot love this life… [...]