I' M AN AMATEUR SCHOLAR . I don't get paid to write about Buddhism. Although I've been a Buddhist for 18 years, like many Buddhi...

Over the last couple of years I've sometimes come in for some shtick from colleagues and acquaintances who think that because my writing...

The average Buddhist reader has a naive approach to Buddhist texts. At worst we take them at face value as being what the texts themselves ...

I want to start this post by giving my free rendition of a Pāli Sutta, and then follow with a little commentary. The Conch Blower Saṃyutta N...

In this post I want to call attention to an important article, now over 15 years old, but with hardly any recognition outside academic circl...

Arapacana in Siddham Script I've been continuing to explore the so-called Mystical Alphabet over the last few weeks. Rather than wri...

Today I want to look at some aspects of the study of the Dharma. This is one of my main practices, and one of my favourite acitivities. Stud...