More wisdom from the layman Mr. Nam, and insights from Thai monastics about the roots of practice
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A Meditative Smile in a Dark Place: Learning the Dharma in a Bolivian Prison
Liliana Arias Romero’s BDE article on teaching meditation inside a Bolivian women’s prison
How Prince Siddhattha became the perfect human being
How the Buddha came to be foremost among human beings, discovering the enlightened path of liberated tracelessness
Two Bells: How Boxing led Me to the Buddha-dharma
When the spirit of Zen enters the boxer’s ring, and how the thrill of the fight led to the stillness of overcoming ego and suffering
Meditation & Awakening are Precious, Natural Resources for Facing Climate Crisis
BDG contributor Sarah C. Beasley discusses meditation and awakening to the climate crisis
Study and Practice Opportunities with Ven. Dhammadinna
Studying and learning the Dharma with Ven. Dhammadinna in 2022 and 2023
Horizons of Sharing: Ayya Soma and Buddhist Insights in Italy
Ayya Soma and Bhante Suddhaso in Cisternino. Image courtesy of Ayya Soma Ayya Soma is a Theravada Buddhist bhikkhuni and co-founder of the non-profit Buddhist Insights. Recently, she, fellow co-founder Bhante Suddhaso, and members of her organization arrived in Italy to share the richness of the Theravada life, aspects of which would be commonplace in Southeast Asia. […]
Christian Zen: Unlikely and Unorthodox, or Universal?
I recently received unfortunate news. A Buddhist-Christian interfaith event organized by the International Centre for Teresian-Sanjuanist Studies (CITeS), The University of Mysticism in Ávila, has been cancelled. The event was supposed to take place in July 2020, before the pandemic forced the conference to be held on July 2021. After the recent surge in cases […]