Receiving and upholding precepts is a major practice in Buddhism. In the three learnings, the first learning is Precepts. Before the...

In ancient India, many left-home people, or sramanas practice ascetic practices, such as body mortification, starvation, or other forms...

If you often drive, you would often notice that when you are driving, you would often look around your surroundings. Maybe during a road...

Venerable Master Hsing Yun said "Never forget why you started." When life gets tough and we struggle, the will to continue may fad

We are all born with innate compassion, whether we believe it or not. From a young age, we know what is right, and what is wrong. Not...

Ancestors' Day, or 清明節 (Qing ming jie), is commemorated by Chinese all over the world. Once a year, Chinese will go to their ancestors'...

"Cogito ergo sum", or "I think, therefore I am". Descartes wrote this famous line. This is the start of philosophy -- being able to...

The beauty of meditation can only be understood by meditation. Without the experience itself, it is all empty talk. Meditation, after an...

Nowadays, we often see that people often go to temples and monasteries to seek blessings from the gods, devas, dragons, Bodhisattvas, and...

Compassion. It is the heart of Bodhisattva Path. Great compassion also gives rise to the Bodhi Mind, the mind that vows to achieve the...

What is marriage? Some people say it is a union between a man and a woman. Some say that it is building on the love you have for your...

We have been brought up in a society where individual is encouraged. It is good because it helps to build confidence in ourselves. We...

Two weeks has past since the New Year. What have we accomplished in those two weeks? Have we stick closely to our resolutions? Have we...

It was a typical night out for dinner with friends when it happened. After finishing our dinner, my boyfriend and I slowly strolled back...

Happy New Year! On every New Year, people make new resolutions. Some of us want to become fitter than last year. Some of us want to have...

Pure Land practitioners often argue that Chan practitioners only know about their koan (公案） of "Who is reciting the Buddha's name", while...

We all talk about living in the present. Even our community also encourage living in the present. Such of these manifested ideas include...

There have been a lot of usage of Buddhist terms in Western society. We have heard of Zen Spa, which lets you enjoy spa and calm your...

Ever since Buddhism is brought to the West, the term "Mindfulness" has become a hype, or mania. We see "mindfulness" in many places, and...

What is a good and blessed life? What is a good life? What is a blessed life? Having a lot of money could be a good life. You don't have...