Short film (about 6 minutes) on the Four Noble Truths…
Buddhist
Seeds of Happiness and Sorrow, by Thich Nhat Hanh
It is certain that we have seeds of happiness, seeds of joy, of peace, of love, in us, but it may be that during our daily lives, nobody knows how to touch those seeds…
Crashed out Buddhas, by Ajahn Sumedho
All sensory objects satisfy us temporarily, but then we have to find something else to be absorbed into — to read, think, go to sleep, get drunk, take dope, have sex. It goes on and on, without reflection…
The Tibetan Chan Manuscripts
These manuscripts, found in the caves of Dunhuang, include the only surviving texts of a living ‘Tibetan Chan’ tradition. They give us a snapshot of the early Chan tradition from the eighth and tenth centuries…
Buddha is only a provisional name, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
No matter how much we think about the past, it isn’t possible to change it…
Why should I be angry with him? by Acarya Shantideva
If someone does wrong out of confusion and someone else gets angry because he is also confused, who can be said to be innocent and who guilty?
Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia
Some scholars use esoteric Buddhism and tantra as virtually interchangeable, generic terms covering distinctive developments all across Buddhist Asia from the third or fourth centuries C.E. onward…
Nyoirin Kannon
The bodhisattva Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) manifests in many forms, each of which demonstrates aspects of his compassion and salvific vows…