“Be grateful for what you have.” Deep down, you know it’s true. You should feel lucky to have a roof over your head, clean water to drink and a place to sleep. But then you get stuck in traffic and ...

Kenji Akahoshi had been thinking about becoming a minister most of his life. But it was never the right time. He had a family to support and a dental practice in San Jose to run. And there were his ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An inspection of several Buddhist histories (or vaṃsas) written in the Sinhala language in medieval Sri Lanka encourages us to reevaluate the ...

All the world’s faith traditions agree on one point: Love is the answer. No matter what the problem is – fear, anger, jealousy, sadness – love can assuage the hurt and build a bridge from a moment of ...

Whether you know much about Zen Buddhism or not, anyone can find growth within its practices of patience, peace, and inner-exploration. These traits are useful for those in leadership positions. After ...

NEWPORT, Wash. (RNS) — Thubten Damcho stood before a half-dozen garden beds bursting with leafy vegetables and thought back to her life before becoming a Buddhist nun, when she was so busy as a ...

It wasn’t that I replaced my grief with gratitude. Instead, I added gratitude to the mix — let it keep my soul in balance ...