0 The Bodhi Tree (1) My maiden encounter with a Bodhi tree (botanical name: Ficus religiosa) was back in 1992 when I visited my first Theravada monastery. A well-meaning, veteran
0 What draws me to the Buddha’s teaching is that it is pragmatic, relatively straightforward to understand yet profound in its implications. Before I elaborate more about how is Buddha’s
0 Prepared for a symposium celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Buddhist Pali College in Singapore The aim is to promote Buddhist thinking and its relevance to society today. This article
0 I was born into a family of devout Buddhists and was taught from very young that our ‘religion’ was Buddhism and our ‘god’ was Buddha. I had no problem