by Chade-Meng Tan | May 21, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Vesak Day is widely celebrated by Buddhists all over the world on the full moon day of the fourth Lunar month. It is considered to be the most important Buddhist celebration in the year. Buddhists commemorate the birth, enlightenment (nibbāna/nirvana) and final...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 19, 2024 | Buddhism for All
“They are here to conduct the double-blind experiment.” The spirit of inquiry is one of the most important aspects of Buddhist practice. We have seen earlier that, “investigation of phenomena” (dhamma vicaya) is one of the seven factors of...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 16, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The first time I saw the 14th Dalai Lama share a stage with scientists was in 2009, at Stanford University, and it was not what I expected. He sat occupying center stage surrounded by prominent scientists. I saw the way he engaged with the scientists, and...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 16, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Friends, Having learned the non-theistic nature of Buddhism (see Topic #13), it should not surprise you to also learn that Buddhism has an uncanny degree of comfort with science. The Dalai Lama calls Buddhism “The Science of Mind”, and goes so far as to call...
by Chade-Meng Tan | May 12, 2024 | Buddhism for All
I like to close the topic of gods and miracles in Buddhism with the story of Sāriputta’s final days.[1] Sāriputta was the Buddha’s top disciple. He passed into final nirvana a few months before the Buddha. One day, during the final year of the Buddha’s...
