Buddhist Psychology

Buddhism is a path of liberation for the world. In the Buddhist analysis, peace in the world and peace in the hearts of people are simply different aspects of the same thing. Whether we intervene at the social level or in individual lives, the goal i...

Dōgen (1200-1253) who first brought Soto Zen to Japan initiates a significant change of course in the Zen tradition when, from within that tradition, he opposes the radically anti-doctrinal posture of Zen's paradigmatic figures such as Bodhidharma, Hui-neng, Lin-chi, a...

I’ve found myself tangled in a conversation with the always wise Dosho Port. He is wondering what a modernist Buddhist might be. And as he is aware I worry about that issue a lot, kind of like a dog with a bone, he’s put some hard questions to me.

So, modernist Buddhism...

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright delivered a presentation about his newest book, "Why Buddhism is True." Drawing a crowd of students, faculty, and community members alike, Wright’s discourse was followed...