RELIGION

What advice do you have for students who have difficulties visualizing their Yidam to help them improve clarity and stabilization?...

Letting go is a big part of Buddhist practice, but what are we supposed to let go of and how...

Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online...

‘That is so. Ánanda, if a person came to another person, took refuge in the Enlightenment, the Teaching and the...

Bodhi Day is the precious day we celebrate Gautama Shakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment, primarily in Mahayana Buddhist traditions.  Although it is,...

Abhaya Sutta Fearless Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Then Janussoni the Brahman went to the Blessed One and,...

The Buddhist tradition of Metta meditation (or loving-kindness meditation) is one of the fundamental compassion-based practices that we can turn...

“Go bananas for the Buddha, “is sage advice for any practitioner, new and advanced students alike.The great teacher Dzongsar Khyentse...

Zen holds a special place in the heart and mind for many, perhaps because it is “seemingly” singular in its...

 Vajrapani’s name means, literally, “Vajra Hand”. He is one of the three great Bodhisattvas, together with Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri, who...