Buddhascope

The second half of December is the occasion for a celebration which occupies a special place in the calendar of Sri Lankan Buddhist festivals. We commemorate… Read more >

Pierre Taïgu Turlur, disciple of Mike Chodo Cross and successor in the line of Nishijima Roshi, offers here a short biography of the master, whose … Read more >

You have just arrived in Kyoto and you enter the magical sanctuary of Sanjusangendo, a long wooden building which, like the hull of an elongated ship, … Read more >

In the collective imagination, the religious universe is generally very masculine. Men seem to be the only ones capable of achieving the highest achievements. It's the … Read more >

India's first unifier, Emperor Ashoka was also the first to associate Buddhism and politics. It is said to be on ruins and after a … Read more >

“Suffering is fed, maintained or increased by the rumination of the mind. To suffer is also to think that one is suffering. And then we suffer even more. » … Read more >

Wake no Hiromushi (730-799), daughter of Wake no Maro and sister of Kiyomaro, left her name in Japanese history by performing works… Read more >

In 1685, a Japanese dictator decided to protect dogs in the name of the Buddha. It was in Japan, in February 1646, that Tokugawa Tsunayoshi saw the … Read more >

Crossing the borders of the Himalayas, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara changed sex. The reason ? Greek statuary has revisited its beauty in a different way. AT … Read more >

One of my masters often spoke to me about one of his masters, exiled in India then returned to Tibet around 1982. No, the "e" above... Read more >

Classification in alphabetical order. Ajahn Chah (1918-1992) He was one of the greatest Theravada Buddhist meditation masters of the XNUMXth century. Amitabha Means "... Read more >

Focus on one of the rare female masters officially registered in the Linji lineage. We do not know the place, the date of birth and that of … Read more >