Buddhist Ethics Guides

by Rebecca Hazell The Buddha is well known in popular culture. He is seen as wise, benign, friendly, and peaceful. You can find commercialized representations of him in images ranging from good luck Ho Tai figures to garden statues of him sitting and typing on a laptop. Imagine what a ruckus would ensue if Jesus

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Introduction to The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Vol. 8

CLICK HERE to read the complete introduction from The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Eight. See more about the Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa here.

Terma / Treasure Texts

Tibetan Buddhism

First US Air Force Buddhist Chaplain Answers, “Why?”

by Brett Campbell Nobody asks for the chaplain in the good moments. This is an unspoken rule I realized early in my career. Nobody thinks of the chaplain after they’ve delivered a healthy child or they take their first steps following an accident that left them bedbound for weeks. These are the times when life

Omnivore’s Blog: The Experience of A Translator

Sherab Chödzin Kohn, translator of Matthieu Ricard's new book A Plea for the Animals, gives us a hilarious and poignant glimpse into his experience, as an "unreconstructed omnivore," of going deep into this call for animal rights. I am an unreconstructed omnivore. I shun food trips and diets. My guide to right eating is the

Buddhist Ethics

11 Books for Working With Difficult Emotions

11 Books for Working with Difficult Emotions With the rise of global disasters, political conflict, and social unrest, alongside increased distractions that negatively effect us mentally and emotionally, it's difficult to find peace inside and out. Many of our books are geared toward learning how to reframe our mind and heart to work with unsettling