An extensive appendix explains the Zen Monastic System, with an especially interesting discussion of living in the Zen Hall, Zen Master Baizhang’s enlightenment, and the twenty essential rules of the ...

WAIMEA — The Basic Buddhism Study on Sunday will discuss how to experience Shin Buddhism, but Shin Buddhists and all others are welcome and encouraged to attend. Rev. Frank Childs Jr., an associate ...

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy in which believers strive to attain a state of ultimate enlightenment and inner peace. “Buddhism is a search for the soul, a way to find who you really are,” said ...

Buddhist teaching begins with the first talk given by Gautama Shakyamuni, the spiritual leader who lived in India about 500 B.C.E., to five friends who had separated from him when he gave up the life ...

On a Friday night, I went to the late showing of "Star Wars III: The Revenge of the Sith." While the movie's special effects and landscapes were spectacular, what made it unique for me was its ...

The American Buddhist landscape -- Very basic Buddhism -- Three vehicles -- The American setting -- Jodo Shinshu : America's old-line Buddhists -- Soka Gakkai and its Nichiren humanism -- Zen and its ...

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. — Inside the large meditation room, 10 children are circled around their teacher, alternatively squirming and listening as she explains the significance of the offerings on the ...

Nonviolence is one of the basic tenets of Buddhism. But in Japan, where the religion developed without the code of conduct devised by the historical Buddha to preserve order among the community of ...

THE Holy Buddha Purnima is the most sacred occasion for the Buddhist community of Bangladesh as well as for the global Buddhist community. It signifies the three important events in the Buddha's life: ...