Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day is celebrated on the 12th of May 2024! We would like to wish all mother’s a Happy Mother’s Day! Buddha taught us to cherish and honor our parents. Possibly the most important thing the Buddha said about our parents is in AN 2.33. ...
So Is Buddhism a Religion or Not?

So Is Buddhism a Religion or Not?

“I pray that we are not a religion.” Is Buddhism a religion?  Is it, instead, a philosophy?  First, let’s see what the Buddha himself has to say.  It turns out, he has an answer for that question.  He says emphatically, “What I teach is...
The Gods are Merely Our Friends

The Gods are Merely Our Friends

The early Buddhist relationship with the gods is very much unlike that in any religious tradition.  Typically, a religion is built around the worship of one or more gods, and they almost always take the central and highest place in that religion.  In early...