Buddhism

Birth, Old Age, Sickness, and Death from the Life of Buddha

The Buddha by John Snelling

By Buddhism Now on 14 June 2019 • ( 1 )

What was this long-lost secret that the Buddha rediscovered?

Sōji-ji — Reading the Sutras

By Buddhism Now on 28 May 2019 • ( 2 )

The chanting is all in Japanese. Hope you enjoy it.

Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon © Metropolitan Museum of Art

Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon

By Buddhism Now on 18 May 2019 • ( 0 )

Close looking reveals an extraordinary technical feat: all the pictorial elements are delineated in Chinese characters.

Reeds and Geese © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Visual Awareness Does Not Perish — From the Surangama Sutra

By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2019 • ( 7 )

The Buddha said, “Your Majesty, you have not perished yet. How is it that you know you will perish?

Transcendent Buddha Vairochana © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kindness by John Aske

By Buddhism Now on 2 March 2019 • ( 4 )

Kindness awakens your latent ability to be and commune with the world.

Maitreya Paradise, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang, 945 CE.© President and Fellows of Harvard College

Maitreya’s Paradise

By Buddhism Now on 23 February 2019 • ( 2 )

Maitreya (Chinese, Mi-le) the Buddha of the Future.

Diamond Sutra Cover © 2019 President and Fellows of Harvard College

Why the name of Tathāgata?

By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2019 • ( 4 )

It expresses true suchness.

Season's Greetings from all at Buddhism Now and Buddhist Publishing Group.

Season’s Greetings from all at Buddhism Now and Buddhist Publishing Group

By Buddhism Now on 24 December 2018 • ( 12 )

Season’s Greetings