Key Words in Buddhism: Book Review
Key Words in Buddhism is an 89-page glossary of key Buddhist terms. It is a concise little book but at the same time seems to cover a lot of...
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November 10, 2006
The Questions of King Milinda
Several hundred years after the Buddha's death, the Greek ruler King Milinda asks Nagasena, the Buddhist sage, a series of questions. These are known as 'The Questions of King Milinda'....
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November 9, 2006
The Birth of the Buddha in the Acchariya-abbhuta Sutta
The accompanying picture shows the Buddha as an infant with one hand pointing up to the sky and the other to the earth below. These hand gestures symbolize the...
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November 8, 2006
What Would the Buddha’s Message Be Today?
To what extent is the idea of progress a myth? We live in technologically and scientifically sophisticated times. But to whay extent does this progress mask humakind's fundamental problems? Are...
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