Dear friends, As we approach Thanksgiving, a season dedicated to gratitude, I find myself reflecting on the perfect companion for this holiday: Guan Yin Bodhisattva 观音菩萨, (or Kuan Yin in Chinese, Avalokiteśvara in Sanskrit, or Chenrezig in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of...
Dear friends, Our team is lucky to have some amazing artists who created beautiful pieces of artwork for us, headlined by the multiple award-winning Colin Goh. We asked ourselves how we could further share our art collection in ways that can help all of us embody and...
My name is Meng, and I have a confession: I don’t like reading books. That was how I became an international bestselling author: I wrote books that even I was willing to read. So, for those of you who prefer to learn the Dharma by watching videos rather than by...
The Land of Medicine Buddha is a Buddhist retreat center close to Santa Cruz, CA. It consists of 108 acres of beautiful redwood trees, trails and sacred sites. It was founded by two Tibetan Buddhist teachers whom I admire: Lama Yeshe, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. I...
Soryu and I live on opposite ends of the continental United States: he runs his monastery in Vermont, and I live along the coast in California. We were both so overwhelmingly busy we haven’t talked in months. One day, I checked in on him. “Where are...
Coming up on 20th July 2024 (Full moon day of July) is Āsāḷha Pūjā. Āsāḷha Pūjā is a major Buddhist commemoration day that pays homage to the Buddha, his first sermon on the four noble truths and the founding of the Buddha’s first sangha. This first sermon is...
