Once upon a time, there was a saintly small man called A. T. Ariyaratne, known affectionately to...

In March 2023, I was invited to Seoul to speak at the 10th Buddhism Expo. I told the story of how...

The Uganda Buddhist Center (UBC) was founded and helmed by the Most Venerable Bhante...

Our beloved Thay has passed.Thay personifies mindfulness more than anybody else I have ever met....

Father Tutu has passed. He is one of my most favorite human beings in the world. He inspires in a...

Right concentration (sammā-samādhi) refers to the four jhānas. The word jhāna literally means...

I’m so unenlightened … my bad karma has its own bad karma. I’m so unenlightened...

It is common among Buddhists, even Buddhist teachers, to erroneously claim that the Buddha...

On the final evening of the Buddha’s earthly existence, a few hours before his passing, the...

Rāhula was the biological son of the Buddha.  Or, more accurately, he was the biological son of...

At Wisdom 2.0 in 2018, I spoke about Dharma.  

The amazing crew at SIYLI is working towards training all 10,000 school teachers in Bhutan on...

A great article by Richie Davidson and Arianna Huffington.  

Ajahn Brahm’s fabulous map for mindfulness practice.  

SIYLI held the first ever SIY training in Africa for the staff of Africa Development Bank.