The Theravada monastic ordinations reached Sri Lanka and Myanmar in the 3rd century BCE. Over the centuries, it was re-established in Sri Lanka from Myanmar after a short repression, was spread from Sri Lanka to Thailand, and then from Thailand to Cambodia and from Cambodia to...

People know of the Muslim concept of jihad or holy war or the Crusades of Christianity, but do not usually view Buddhism as having anything similar. A careful examination of the Buddhist texts, however, particularly “The Kalachakra Tantra” literature, reveals both external and...

To be a good human being, we need to adopt ethical values. The foundation of this is being honest with ourselves and others.

Friendship comes from sincere concern for the happiness of others.

The non-conceptual understanding of voidness will stop the tainted aggregates from uncontrollably recurring. 

Deriving primarily from India over several centuries through the efforts of a large number of teachers and translators, Tibetan Buddhism gradually evolved into four main traditions.

The four Tibetan traditions have much in common, with most of the differences coming down to their interpretations of cognition theory, voidness when cognized conceptually or non-conceptually, and the methods for attaining non-conceptual cognition of voidness.

Gampopa’s way of combining the Kadampa and mahamudra teachings became the foundation for the Kagyu lineages that derived from him.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche describes how and why he chose his teacher to be his guru.

Understanding the nature of mental continuums is crucial for understanding the Buddhist teaching on rebirth.