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Jan 17, 2025 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
In Storehouse of Treasures: Recovering the Riches of Chan and Zen (Shambala, 2024), author and lay Zen teacher Nelson Foster has published a book about the “treasures” of Chan and Zen Buddhism. The essays within this collection embody what could be called “Zen Americana”—a seamless integration of inherited ancient teachings into his modern cultural being, or context, as an American. Foster names Robert Aitken, Yamada Roshi, and other figures as being inheritors of a cross-cultural continuity.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna presents a rigorous, historical-critical case for transcending sectarian boundaries within and across Buddhist traditions while treasuring our inheritance from the ancient past. The first in a series of conversations. Non-sectarianism is one of those terms that Buddhist institutions like to invoke at festivals and conferences. Overused though it might be, practicing non-sectarianism requires open leadership balanced with intellectual rigor.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
nature.com | Lena C Quilty |Pierre Blier |Jane Foster |Stefan Kloiber |Raymond W. Lam |Daniel Muller | +4 more
AbstractCurrent pharmacological agents for depression have limited efficacy in achieving remission. Developing and validating new medications is challenging due to limited biological targets. This study aimed to link electrophysiological data and symptom improvement to better understand mechanisms underlying treatment response.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam |Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |Buddhistdoor Global’s organization
The academic study of Buddhism is a critical part of the humanities, with a history dating to the 19th century. Eugène Burnouf (1801–52) is often credited as the informal founder of the discipline. The study of Buddhism as a central spiritual, cultural, and historical phenomenon of humanity’s inheritance has long been an interest of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
When I interviewed Dr. Stephanie Balkwill was exactly a decade ago, she shared the story of the Northern Wei’s unique role at the three-way intersection of Chinese history, Buddhist monasticism, and women’s courtly life. Her new book, The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century (2024) from California University Press, is the culmination of her research and writing on this subject.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
Earlier this month, Japanese Buddhists and Japanese Americans across the US celebrated the Obon festival, a traditionally three-day festival considered one of Japan’s three major holidays, next to new year celebrations and Golden Week. During Obon, people honor their ancestors, who are believed to return to the realm of the living to visit their living relatives.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
I, the layman Buyančog Bagši with sincere belief in the Three Jewels, firstly thinking and reflecting on the virtues of the Buddhas; secondly that the merit may reach both of my blessed ones, my mother and my father; and thirdly with the thought that all of my wishes for welfare in the present time may be fulfilled and that later I will escape from the sufferings of samsara through the vehicle of Buddhahood. . .
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May 16, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
From the creation of Buddhist Studies in colonial India to mindfulness meditation in Liverpool, “Buddhism in Britain” is a four-part series that brings the expertise of Dr. Caroline Starkey to a discussion about the encounter between Buddhism and British converts. Caroline is a sociologist of religion and associate professor of Religion and Society at the University of Leeds.
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May 15, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
15 May marked this year’s Buddha Day in several parts of the world, such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, South Korea, China, and the HKSAR. In China, this holy day was commemorated by the Buddhist Association of China. The celebrations were held at the Association’s headquarters at Guangji Temple, Beijing. Buddha Day, also known as Buddha’s Birthday, Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and more marks the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, marking the formal, idealized beginning of the Buddha-era on Planet Earth.
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May 9, 2024 | 
buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam
Deep in the heart of Inner Asia, from frosty mountaintop to dry and dusty desert, a duke called Li Yuanhao had not only inherited an imperial surname given by the Chinese emperor, but also lordship over a people descended from the Qiang ethnic group from Tibet. For generations, they had fought, negotiated, and prospered by navigating power between the Tibetan Empire and the Tang dynasty. They also served as accomplished mercenary troops for succeeding Chinese dynasties until the Song (960–1279).
