THE URBAN MYTH that the Nazi swastika goes one way, but the sacred symbol of India goes the other way seems to still be current. Sadly, th...

I N THE TRIRATNA MOVEMENT , like many other Buddhist groups, we celebrate the Buddha's awakening about now, to coincide with the 2nd ful...

One of the main critiques of traditional Buddhism put forward by Western Buddhists is against superstition. Western Buddhists promote such i...

While on my ordination retreat we studied the Bodhicāryāvatara by Śantideva. This is a core text for the Western Buddhist Order, and also ...

Many Indian ideas about ritual purity, especially with respect to the body, have made their way into contemporary Buddhism. I want to look a...