COVID Inside the Monastery
Thai monks recount their experience during the pandemic
Pali Canon
Through Grief to Freedom: The Story of Krsha Gautami
The staggering losses of a nun whose tale appears in the Kshudrakavastu illuminates the power of shared suffering.
IdeasMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Getting the Ball Rolling
A new translation of the title of the Buddha’s first teaching offers a different way to view the dharma.
After a Two-Year Hiatus, the International Tipitaka Chanting Program Returns to India This Spring
The multi-day event brings together Theravada sanghas and revives pilgrimage sites for the benefit of practitioners and local communities alike.
Teachings Meditation Month 2022
The Simile of the Lump of Foam
In an excerpt from Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi offers literal translations as well as interpretations of original sutta text from a teaching on the Five Aggregates.
Meditation Meditation Month 2022
Jhana: The Spice Your Meditation Has Been Missing
Meditation teacher and political columnist Jay Michaelson explains how jhana meditation is a transformative and vital part of the eightfold path.
Five Powerful Poems Inspired by Some of the First Buddhist Women
The First Free Women: Original Poetry Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns, republished in June of this year, gives new life to poems in the Therigatha.
Meditation Meditation Month 2020
Directed and Undirected Meditation
The Bhikkhunivasako Sutta explains how to incorporate different approaches to meditation into our practice.
Safety in Duality
While the dharma contains non-dualistic teachings, the Buddha still believed that we can tell the difference between what we should and shouldn't do.
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