In Search of a Guru

By Gurugavesaka, The Buddhist Channel, May 20, 2013

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia -- I love being a Buddhist not because some say it’s the best religion in the world; in fact, some don’t even consider it as a religion.  I love being a Buddhist simply because its just a way of life according to the teachings of the Buddha.  There isn’t an old dude in the sky whom you have to be afraid of for doing naughty things.  You reap what your sow, everything boils down to cause and effect; in a word, karma - you are what you are today because of your past deeds, and the state of your future being and welfare will depend on what you say, do and think now.  It’s as simple as that but is it really?

Dharma bum: a year in a pagoda

by Nathan A Thompson, Phnom Penh Post, 3 May 2013

Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- When I was asked to give a gift to the head of the Buddhist temple where I would spend the next year, I expected to hand over symbolic lotus flowers or pricey Western goods. Sarong, my host, pointed to two dusty cases of Red Bull. “That’s what the monks like”, she said.

Buddhism: Made for the internet

by Rachael Kohn, Australian Broadcasting Corp, 30 April 2013

Sydney, Australia -- Buddhism is a largely de-centralised religion, with ancient communities throughout Asia and more modern practitioners in Australia and across the world. Mapping the modern day face of the religion proved a difficult task for Professor Lewis Lancaster, until he struck on the idea of a digital atlas.

Travel to Kyoto and find your spiritual side at a Buddhist meditation guesthouse

Metro UK, 18 Apr 2013

Kyoto, Japan -- Reverend Takafumi Kawakami is a very modern priest. When I arrive at Shunkoin Zen Buddhist temple, hidden deep in Kyoto’s serene Myoshinji temple complex, we don’t discuss Buddhism; we talk about Twitter, specifically his recent tweet about the first signs of spring.

Visiting scholar links Buddhism and physics

By Steven Michael, Brown Daily Herald, March 8, 2013

The lecture focused on the fields’ shared aspects, like mindfulness, time and ambiguity

Santa Fe, CA  (USA) -- Physics offers “crisper” analogies for meditation than traditional Buddhism does, said Fred Cooper, external professor at Santa Fe Institute and former program director for theoretical physics at the National Science Foundation at a lecture last night.

Nagarjuna and Quantum physics: Eastern and Western Modes of Thought

by Christian Thomas Kohl, The Buddhist Channel, Feb 19, 2013

Christian Thomas Kohl dissects key terms in the teachings of Nagarjuna and transposes these ideas with Quantum Physics. The following is a summary of his thesis on the subject.