Deepen Your Understanding of Buddhism After twenty-two years in print, Buddhadharma — published by Lion’s Roar to share dharma teachings, practice instructions, and community news germane to all Buddhists — now has a fully revamped, beautified, and reorganized website. Our mission is to make Buddhadharma the #1 place where committed Buddhists can deepen their practice and study. The quality content Buddhadharma readers have learned to rely upon is all there, with helpful new articles and videos being added regularly. The site is also easier to navigate, with four main areas meant to help you deepen your dharma understanding: - Practice — Dharma teachers’ instructions and advice for undertaking meditation and ritual.
- Philosophy — In-depth teachings on the “whys” behind what Buddhists do.
- Traditions — Drill down to the teachings of a specific Buddhist school, or enhance your understanding of how different traditions reinforce (or differ from) one another.
- Sangha — What’s exciting or important in news and discussion from Buddhist communities? You’ll find it here.
And then there’s our new special section of Deep Dives offering multiple teachings and points of view on subjects of interest or concern to Buddhists. Our current featured Deep Dive, in recognition of his birthday, is titled “Buddhist Teachings of the Dalai Lama.” Check it out here. And dharma-book lovers shouldn’t miss Buddhadharma’s ongoing book coverage, featuring Constance Kassor’s reviews of new titles, as well as excerpts of them all so you can get a taste of them yourself. You’ll find them right on the Buddhadharma homepage. Whether you’ve been practicing for two years or twenty (or fifty!), the new Buddhadharma is made, truly, for you. Enjoy this sampling, then come have a visit. Thank you for your practice, — Rod Meade Sperry & Mariana Restrepo, the Buddhadharma editorial team |
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Norman Fischer on how sila, samadhi, and prajna work together to give us stability on the Buddhist path to liberation. From Buddhadharma’s Philosophy page.
We are once again living in traumatic times. Probably now, as then, many hope to find escape and relief through Buddhist practice. They will find, as we have, that as one’s Buddhist practice matures, the impulse to escape relaxes as one’s point of view opens up. Eventually, it becomes clear that ethical conduct, and moral restraint, however much this is not what we may have been looking for, are essential elements of the path to liberation.
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Tsunma Sherab Khandro attended March’s Alliance of Non-Himalayan Nuns’ Gathering in Dharamsala, India. Here, she shares her experience and her perspective on the many challenges today’s nuns are faced with as they strive to uphold their vows, including lack of community and financial support. From Buddhadharma’s Sangha page.With a disrobing rate of up to 75% among non-Himalayan nuns, the timeliness and importance of this first-ever international Gathering was clear. We had gathered to identify the complex, sometimes daunting factors leading to that discouraging statistic, “to collaboratively develop solutions for the challenges encountered by many Non-Himalayan Nuns today” (ANHN), and to experience – some of us for the first time – the strength and support of monastic community. |
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Enlightenment is possible in this lifetime, taught the late Gelek Rimpoche, but time is running out. We have to make the most of this rare and fleeting opportunity to wake up. From Buddhadharma’s Practice page.As spiritual practitioners, we need to balance our priorities. This means being able to balance the needs of this particular life with our long-term spiritual goals. Of course we have to manage our bills and make sure we have a place to live and food to eat. And we have to meet our responsibilities to our friends and family. But we also need to make our spiritual work a priority. If we can balance that, we are intelligent and capable. If we cannot, we are just the opposite. |
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When we place offerings on the altar for teachers long past, do we understand what we are doing, or why? Zenju Earthlyn Manuel looks into the depths of that encounter between past and present. From Buddhadharma’s Traditions page.For eons across spiritual, cultural, and religious traditions, people have made offerings in honor of ancestors. It is a critical step before partaking in any ritual or ceremony. In essence, the people, teachings, and the land that have sustained the wisdom tradition are to be honored prior to the activities in which the spiritual community will participate, heal, and transform. Making offerings to ancestors is a wordless expression of devotion to awakening and an acknowledgment of the earth that supports us. |
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