Modern Buddhism or Kadampa Buddhism is the presentation of Je Tsongkhapa’s Kadam Dharma for the people of the modern world. But what’s so different about the people of the modern world? Carrying on from this article, Who is Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka? On one level, not much, because living beings have always suffered from the same delusions. However, our karma and culture are different. Gen-la Dekyong said: “You can…
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Faith is what makes our intellectual knowledge of Buddhism come alive — it lets us put this knowledge into practice…
At the International Kadampa Spring Festival this year in Malaga, Gen-la Dekyong kindly taught how to do a so-called “close…
Naimah Hassan lived an inspiring life and faced her final illness and death with strength. Amongst many things, she is…
A house mate was telling me today how concerned he is about his younger brother, aged 22 – why?…
The seventh way to foster resilience is to find a way to laugh at our own adversity. To see the…
By LK and two guest writers. Is it just me, or does whomever you talk to these days tell you…
(To read this article in English, click here: I am always with you.) El sábado 17 de septiembre de 2022,…
I was just explaining to my 87-year-old dad (turning 88 on Sunday) that I hadn’t called him as promised…
On Saturday September 17th 2022, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche passed very peacefully into the clear light. I asked a…
So, happiness depends on the mind, not on external conditions. That’s what we say in Buddhism. All the time! (Carrying on from this article on developing…
“How are you?” I just asked someone. And she answered with a pained expression, “Busy!!!” “What are you up to?” I continued, and she replied that she had…
7 mins read. I think we could all do with some kind of conversation between our heart-mind and our thinky head. I remember some years…
[Update Mar 18 2022: Hello everyone. Here is some Buddhist meditation advice on dealing with anxiety during these uncertain times. Please check out an increasing…
A guest article by a modern Buddhist practitioner who works full time as a manager of software engineer teams. What do a Weaver, Musician, Cobbler,…
Mind-training
What (or who) do we see when we look at strangers? Do we mainly see their bodies? Their minds, after all, are formless and therefore invisible. Are we evaluating them based mainly on their bodies and on what we imagine must be their external lifestyle and background (e.g. jobs, family, income, possessions, politics, sexuality, choice of entertainment) as opposed to their vast, indeed infinite, spiritual potential?! In London last summer…