
Pure Land

Satya Robyn invites us to recite the nembutsu, the core Pure Land practice, for a taste of Amitabha's consolation.

From the Archive: Q & A with U.S. Military’s First Buddhist Chaplain
Revisiting an interview from 2011 with Lt. Jeanette Shin, an ordained priest in the Nishi Hongwanji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism.

Personal Reflections Death & Dying
A Life Cut Short but Lived Well
A Pure Land priest reflects on the life and death of her friend Michael Dunn, a compassionate climate activist

One Mess Within Oneness
The Shin Buddhist Path as a Religion of Awakening

Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Contributors include Michael Avedon, Duncan Ryuken Williams, Carolyn Gregoire and Kenneth Tanaka.

The Tree Guardians of Kyoto
The Japanese monastic tradition of forest stewardship goes back centuries.

It Needs Saying
Buddhism is not a philosophy, science, psychotherapy, or culture. It is a religion.

Buddha Buzz: Buddhist News from Around the World, Week of November 5
As we all know, President Barack Obama was re-elected for another four years on Tuesday. Our commander-in-chief may not have changed, but the Senate and the House of Representatives did get shuffled around, making way for…

Himalayan Buddhist Art 101: Amitabha Buddha
Buddhist practice and Buddhist art have been inseparable in the Himalayas ever since Buddhism arrived to the region in the eighth century. But for the casual observer it can be difficult to make sense of the…

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