
Mahayana

Losing the self through faith in the Buddha

Why I Walk Two Paths
Mahayana is “heretical” and Theravada is for “devils”—at least that’s how they see each other sometimes. In reality, they go hand-in-hand.

Against “Common Sense” Buddhism
The dharma is nothing if not counterintuitive.

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Bodhicitta Explained
A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path

The Buddhas Go to Washington
The Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. features a new, three-year-long exhibition, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia.

Becoming a Buddha
The three secrets to liberation in Japanese esoteric Buddhism

Remembering Prominent Buddhist Scholar Luis Gómez
Gomez, who died in early September, spent 35 years teaching at the University of Michigan and viewed Buddhism as more than an academic subject.

Cleaning Out the Storehouse
The Buddhist concept that explains why you keep doing the same thing over and over—and the practice that shows you how to stop

Lost and Found on the Silk Road
What an ancient Kushan coin can teach us about Buddhist history and art.

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