Buddhism

Rev. Kenjitsu Nakagaki wants to educate the West about the history of the manji, a counterclockwise swastika that means “good fortune” in Japanese. When Rev....

Dasaratha Jataka is the name of the Buddhist version of Ramayana. It tells the story of Rama. It names Rama as Rama Pandita and...

The instruction to “think positive” is one of the least useful pieces of advice in the psychological self-help canon. Not because positive thinking is...

Karma means action, work or deed.  In simple terms, If a person does good things in his life, we can say he has done...

Karma seems to be another trending word these days. While we all carry our personal Karma, we are also part of our Family Karma....

Modern psychology encourages us to have a healthy sense of self, but Buddhism teaches that the self doesn’t even exist. Barry Magid says there’s...

past life karma In religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, the concept of karma comes up quite frequently. They believe that our past actions influence...

If you’ve ever heard the expressions, “What goes around comes around,” or “You reap what you sow,” you already know a little something about...

Eda Ocak reflects on how meditation practice and the Buddha’s message of no-self transformed her habit of self-comparison. When I attended my first long meditation...

From the Summer 2005 issue of Buddhadharma, Bethany Saltman talks with Tenzin Palmo about rebirth, merit, and the bodhisattva vow. Venerable Tenzin Palmo is best known as...