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Come Vibe with Venerables, and Engage with Buddhist Elders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRbPQogS50 Friends, We are very lucky to have great Buddhist masters and Venerables in the world. Their deep practice inspires ours. Sadly though, it is not always easy for us to meet with them. Good news: our team at Buddhism.net is...
This week in Buddhism: Shakyamuni Buddha Parinirvana Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5hbElaAQEE According to the Mahāyāna Chinese Buddhist tradition, Shakyamuni Buddha’s Parinirvana Day is observed on the 15th day of the 2nd lunar month. We extract excerpts from the book, Buddhism for All to share the Buddha's...
We Know Buddhism for All Speaks to You, Because It is Now an Audiobook
Dear friends, If you find Buddhism for All to be a book that speaks to you, well, that is now literally true too. I’m delighted to announce that Buddhism For All is now available as an audiobook, with our wonderful friend, the Buddhist Abbot Ajahn Sona...
This week in Buddhism: Māgha Pūjā or Sangha Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBtgtzHfNs Coming up on the 12th February 2025 is Māgha Pūjā Day, or Sangha Day. Māgha Pūjā, often called Sangha Day, is a celebration of remarkable synchronicity and spiritual resonance. Imagine this: one thousand followers of the...
Happy Lunar New Year, 2025!
https://youtu.be/kmHIxc6U0As?si=5yk8T81EjyJ1LhOy Dear friends, Welcome to the Year of the Wood Snake, in 2025! January 29, 2025 is Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month of the year. This day is celebrated by Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and many...
This African Buddhist Monk’s Wisdom on Generosity Could Change Your Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1nAC05mIk What do you do the day after Christmas? Watch an interview of an African Buddhist monk, of course. In this Christmas-ish episode of Meng & Friends, Meng talks to the Very Venerable Bhante Buddharakkhita, one of the...
Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings: A Time for Love and Kindness
Dear friends, Merry Christmas and warm season’s greetings to you all! As we gather to celebrate the holidays, let’s take a moment to reflect on the deeper essence of this season: love. Whether we’re exchanging gifts, sharing meals, or simply spending time...
Thanksgiving with Guan Yin Bodhisattva: A Time to Celebrate Compassion and Gratitude
Dear friends, As we approach Thanksgiving, a season dedicated to gratitude, I find myself reflecting on the perfect companion for this holiday: Guan Yin Bodhisattva 观音菩萨, (or Kuan Yin in Chinese, Avalokiteśvara in Sanskrit, or Chenrezig in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of...
Share Joy and Wisdom, with Our Buddhist Art
Dear friends, Our team is lucky to have some amazing artists who created beautiful pieces of artwork for us, headlined by the multiple award-winning Colin Goh. We asked ourselves how we could further share our art collection in ways that can help all of us embody and...
You don’t have all day to learn the Dharma? How about one minute-ish?
My name is Meng, and I have a confession: I don't like reading books. That was how I became an international bestselling author: I wrote books that even I was willing to read. So, for those of you who prefer to learn the Dharma by watching videos rather than by...
Land of Medicine Buddha: tour and interview
The Land of Medicine Buddha is a Buddhist retreat center close to Santa Cruz, CA. It consists of 108 acres of beautiful redwood trees, trails and sacred sites. It was founded by two Tibetan Buddhist teachers whom I admire: Lama Yeshe, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. I...
Inaugural Meng & Friends video: Soryu Forall on Climate, Ideology and Innovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XCXx6k3PAs&t=13s Soryu and I live on opposite ends of the continental United States: he runs his monastery in Vermont, and I live along the coast in California. We were both so overwhelmingly busy we haven't talked in months. One...
This week in Buddhism: Āsāḷha Pūjā
Coming up on 20th July 2024 (Full moon day of July) is Āsāḷha Pūjā. Āsāḷha Pūjā is a major Buddhist commemoration day that pays homage to the Buddha, his first sermon on the four noble truths and the founding of the Buddha's first sangha. This first sermon is commonly...
Starting Practice with Guided Meditation
Friends, What really changed my life was not learning Buddhism, it was practicing Buddhism. It started with mindfulness practice. My mind became calmer, my physical health improved, I became better at managing emotions, and most importantly, I finally learned to...
Gratitude to the Dalai Lama for Buddhism For All
We are very grateful to and very touched by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for giving his personal blessing to us and to this book. More than anybody alive today, His Holiness is an inspiration who shows me what it is like to be a good practicing Buddhist in service...
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