Learn why is it possible that we can become Buddhas and what is its relation to the subtlest level of the clear light mind?

What Is Buddha-Nature? Our topic for this seminar is the five Buddha wisdoms, or as I prefer to call them, the five types of deep awareness. I find the term five types of wisdom to be less accurate and helpful because everybody has these, including the worm and the cockroach....

The discussion of Buddha-nature appears only among the Mahayana schools and each of them interprets Buddha-nature differently.

Introduction I prostrate to my lamas and to Manjushri, the Guardian. I prostrate to you, O Guardian Manjushri. You have torn apart the nets of grasping for true identities. The radiant light of your sword of deep awareness pervades all three realms. You are the sum total of...

A comparative exploration of Buddhism and Christianity, Judaism and Islam, highlighting their similarities and differences in philosophy, ethics, spiritual practice and religious worldview.

Why we can't be reborn as a dinosaur these days.

Buddhism and Islam offer different strategies for motivating people to deal with shared common problems such as environmental degradation, pollution and global warming. With more knowledge of each others’ methods comes more understanding and mutual respect.

A Q&A with Dr. Berzin and his students about the relationship between Buddhism and science, with specific examples of points that they share in common.

An overview of the basic Buddhist concepts that allowed Islam to consider Buddhists “People of the Book” – those who follow the ethical teachings of a higher authority.

Long before the Arabs brought Islam to Central Asia in the mid-seventh century CE, Buddhism had flourished there for hundreds of years. It was particularly prominent along the Silk Route, which carried trade between India and Han China, and led from both to Byzantium and to...