Life’s Secret Ingredient Once, as an assembly of his disciples gathered atop Vulture Peak, the Buddha held a flower in his hand. Everyone was silent,…
Sutras and Commentaries
Buddhist Success: Paramita As mentioned previously, paramita is a Sanskrit word that means “success,” crossing from this shore to the other shore,” and “the perfect…
The Ten Directions and Three Time Periods People often ask me, “The Fo Guang Shan monastic order is large and its activities are on an…
Building One Brick at a Time In Chinese there is an old saying: “When the eggs are not ready to hatch, do not crack the…
Systematic Leadership Even during the Buddha’s time the monastic community had a well-developed organizational system. The Buddha set up the posadha system, in which monastics…
