Raymond Lam On my way to the office I was listening to my favorite podcast, the BBC’s almost-peerless In Our Time. I was … Read More “Uncle Toby and the Fly: Compassion for Animals in Tristram Shandy”
Artist Pablo Carlos Budassi has put together a stunning “logarithmic scale conception” of the observable Universe, with the Solar System … Read More “Postcard from Raymond: The View from Afar”
Raymond Lam Our BDG contributors and columnists, our Tea House bloggers, and I wish you a very happy new year … Read More “What to Look Forward to This Year”
Raymond Lam In July 2015, I wrote a book review of Laurence Cox’s Buddhism in Ireland: From the Celts to the Counter-Culture … Read More “The Harp in the Crisp Wind: Intersections of Buddhism and Celtic Christianity”
Raymond Lam Stories have been a beloved pastime of mine since I learned to read. In my childhood I devoured fiction of … Read More “Weaving Stories of Dharma and Joy”
Raymond Lam Imagine an endless desert, sparsely populated by tribes struggling to survive in a hostile wasteland. Murmuring starts to circulate … Read More “The Sage, the Wayfarer, and the Treasure in the Desert”
Raymond Lam Last Tuesday, the Buddhistdoor team returned to Hong Kong from Vancouver after attending the 6th Annual Tung Lin … Read More “Reflections on Quality of Life at a Buddhist Studies Conference”
Raymond Lam December last year was a delightful conclusion to 2015 for me because my best mates and I had organized a reunion in Ho Chi Minh … Read More “Friendship and Identity: Who is Reuniting with Who?”
Raymond Lam “Pay respects to the Buddha first, then to me,” advised my preceptor once, when we visited him at … Read More “Guan Yin Temple: Flower Ornament and Pure Land Vistas”
Raymond Lam A while ago I read a post on Facebook, titled Dark Night, which was sharing a passage written … Read More “Dark Night of the Sentient Being”
