The Buddha Rises from His Coffin to Speak with Mahamaya
An excerpt from a Chinese Buddhist scripture recording the Buddha’s mother’s descent from heaven to speak with him one last time after his entrance into nirvana
Sutras
The Diamond Sutra
Timeless Buddhist wisdom
Pretending to Be Sick
Illness and awakening in The Sutra That Vimalakirti Speaks
Don’t Go By Reports
Does the Kalama Sutta advocate radical skepticism? Read the full sutta for yourself and see.
Four Ideals to Guide Your Practice
A succinct sutra offers advice for aspiring bodhisattvas.
Sutras of Mountain and Water
From Abruptly Dogen, a recently published translation of the Zen master's writing.
Sutta Study: Yokes
The Yoga Sutta explains how we burden ourselves with our own attachments.
Buddha Buzz: Beautiful Sutras and Old Postcards
A postcard from Tibet, remembering Stephen Levine, and Buddhism and psychedelics
High-Flying Shaolin Monks at Sydney Opera House
Starting tomorrow, 17 Buddhist monks from the Shaolin Temple in China will put their martial arts skills on display at the Sydney Opera House, when they star in the acclaimed contemporary movement piece Sutra. Bryce Hallett…
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