Buddhism in the Modern World

Review We’ve looked at what we’re dealing with in attitude training or mind training, which is our experience of everyday life. We live our lives, and experience each moment ourselves. Even if we broadcast everything that we do on Facebook and Twitter, still, we’re the only...

Examine the meaning of oral transmission and how it can be adapted in the digital age.

A brief picture of Buddhism in Asia and the West.

Message from Ling Rinpoche

Message from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

​The question of the interaction of Buddhist philosophy with other philosophies is complex because there are several philosophical views among the Buddhist tenet systems. One thing that makes the task a bit easier is that Buddhism places a great deal of emphasis on definitions.

The human condition has been the same throughout time. Buddhism has something to offer for everyone and is relevant in all times.

What are some of the challenges as well as opportunities that Buddhism will need to address in the decades to come for the further development of Buddhism through the use of Internet technology?

The Dalai Lama’s view of a 21st-century Buddhist means having fuller knowledge about modern education and modern science, while having full conviction about Buddha’s teachings about limitless altruism, bodhichitta and the view of dependent arising.

We need to develop the determination to be free of our habitual routines that cause us stress and train ourselves in self-discipline, concentration, and discriminating awareness.