Background The other day, I was browsing the web and chanced upon one of the videos in Buddhist Youth Network. This video is an interview of Ven. Matthew Richard, the French Buddhist monk who has served as the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama since 1989. Here is the […]
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This is an excellent article written by scholar Robert E.Buswell and Donald S.Lopez Jr to shed light on the misunderstanding and misconceptions about Buddhism. It will be helpful for you to understanding Buddhism from the academic point of view. Enjoy! In the new series 10 Misconceptions about Buddhism, scholars Robert E. […]
Among the Buddha’s monastic followers, Ananda was the youngest and the best looking. His face was as glorious as the full moon, and his eyes were as pure as lotus blossoms. He was also very intelligent. Once he heard the Buddha’s words, he would never forget them. Once, when […]
1. Deep Compassion of Shakyamuni Buddha “Every day, I am thinking: ‘How can I lead all living beings to enter the unsurpassed Way so as to quickly acquire the body of a Buddha?’” (Lotus Sutra 16: 3.23) 2. Law of Emptiness “Why is this so? Because Tathagata […]
