Join Andrew Holecek, author and interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism, to explore how our relationship with death shapes the way we live: why we fear it, what that fear can reveal ...

Ninth-century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan famously told his disciples, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” Upon first hearing these words, I was instantly intrigued. I pictured a ...

Andrea Miller: You suffered from anxiety when you were young. What caused your anxiety, and how did you overcome it? Mingyur Rinpoche: I grew up in the Himalayas, a wonderful environment with fresh ...

Rebirth has always been a central teaching in the Buddhist tradition. The earliest records in the Pali Canon indicate that the Buddha, prior to his awakening, searched for a happiness not subject to ...

One of the great Buddhist teachers of our time, Thich Nhat Hanh died today at Tu Hieu Pagoda in Vietnam, the Buddhist temple where he was ordained at age sixteen. Following his stroke in 2014, he had ...

In Buddhism, enlightenment, which is a combination of prajna (wisdom) and compassion, is often called “having the Buddha mind.” In Christianity, St. Paul talks about how Christians are to “have the ...

Buddhism had a significant influence on Steve Jobs. Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli explain that Jobs’ 1974 trip to India sparked an interest in Buddhism that stayed with him for the rest of his life ...

Resmaa Menakem, author of “My Grandmother’s Hands” (left) and Pamela Ayo Yetunde, co-editor of “Black and Buddhist” (right). Photo (right) by Miriam Phields. In his book, My Grandmother’s Hands, ...

This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Melvin McLeod: Sonia, tell us a bit about writing The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia. Sonia Faleiro: It is ...

Imagine you’re standing at the edge of a vast, crystalline lake at dawn. The surface appears solid, unchanging — a perfect mirror reflecting the world above. Dip your hand into the water, and ripples ...

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle.” I watched the 2018 documentary film about his life, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, for the first time only recently. I was moved ...

Not long after eating what would be his last meal, signs of food poisoning began to show as the octogenarian Buddha slowly journeyed towards the groves of Kushinagar accompanied by his disciples.