For more about mindfulness, sati, and samprajanna, see Jay Garfield, "Mindfulness and Ethics: Attention, Virtue, and Perfection", in A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics, pages ...

The characters of Vizzini, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya all exemplify Buddhist virtues, in Nichtern's reading of the film.Not-For-Syndication An American Buddhist teacher reckons 80s fantasy film The ...

India has been the progenitor of several faiths and religions. From time to time, several philosophers were born who contributed to the various schools of thought prevalent in this nation. These ...

Originating in ancient China (5th century BCE), the Analects are a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the ...

In Buddhism, faith is not blind belief but rather trust and confidence in direct experience, we find in “just knowing” ...

The Buddhist tradition recounts the story of the Buddha's birth in connection with the concept of cakravartin, or “wheel-turning monarch.” In ancient Indian belief, a cakravartin was a universal ruler ...

A centipede was happy — quite! Until a toad in fun Said, “Pray, which leg moves after which?” This raised her doubts to such ...