“They say they are here to measure your faith.” Just because Buddhism is highly empirical does not mean faith has no place in Buddhism. One place faith can play a very important role is when you have not yet acquired the equipment to verify certain...
Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard being readied for a fMRI test. Well, better him than me. (Image by Jeff Miller from wisc.edu, source.) The 14th Dalai Lama famously said, If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then...
The Buddha was said to be “ever smiling”, and his disciples said to be “joyful and elated, jubilant and exultant, enjoying the spiritual life, with faculties pleased, free from anxiety, serene, and peaceful.”[1] The same appears to be true of modern-day Buddhist...
The teachings of the Buddha can be encapsulated in a single word: Dharma. Dharma is one of those highly polymorphous words with annoyingly many meanings. The broadest meaning of the word dharma (written in lowercase) is “phenomena.” In that sense, everything is a...
My life-changing experience with Buddhism motivated me to co-found this site with Soryu Forall. Soryu is one of the most impressive Buddhist teachers I have met. I know him to be wise and highly intelligent, keeping good ethical conduct, possessing a very deep...
