Gregory Schopen: In his Faculty Research Lecture on March 10, Gregory Schopen hopes to illuminate a little-known aspect of Buddhism: the fact that it was one of the earliest social organizations in India to develop what might be called a corporation. detail...
Before he embarked on research for his 2008 book "Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed," if Donald S. Lopez heard something about Buddhism and science being compatible, he would recall an old bestseller by Fritjof Capra, a physicist. It was published in 1975 under the title "The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism." detail...
Three months in the USA at the Insight Meditation Center of Barre Ma., then to Malaysia, Singapore and most dhaimportantly as the Sayadaw left our Temple Our Venerable Abbott asked three time for th Sayadaw to return to Pagoda Phat Hue for one months in 2009. The Sayadaw accepted this invitation. We hope His next visit will be even more of an awakening experience. More...