Study Buddhism

31/08/2026

What is meditation, really? Is emptiness the same as nothingness? And how can Buddhism help us develop the inner resources we need to face the challenges of life?

In this interview with Study Buddhism, Geshe Lhakdor — longtime translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala — offers clear, direct, and practical answers to some of the most important questions in Buddhist study and practice.

Geshe Lhakdor shares insights into the relationship between science and Buddhism, the transformative journey from knowledge to wisdom through meditation, and his time working with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

28/08/2026

The one who praises you is a thief.
The one who criticizes you is your true friend.
— Seungsahn

26/08/2026

“The Thai forest tradition was rooted in simplicity — a life of rag robes, alms bowls, and meditation in the wilderness.” In this video, Ajahn Sumedho reflects on the Thai forest monks, their emphasis on meditation, the teachings of Ajahn Chah, and the tradition’s preservation of the essence of the Buddha’s path.

24/08/2026

What actually makes up a moment of experience? In Buddhist psychology, the mind is not a single, solid thing. Each moment of awareness arises together with many mental factors, and in this detailed article, Dr. Alexander Berzin explains the primary minds and the 51 mental factors, offering a precise map of how we experience the world, how our emotions shape perception, and how transformation becomes possible.

Mental activity is made up of six types of consciousness that are aware of an object as being a sight, a sound, and so on, and 51 types of mental factors that qualify or help with the cognition of that object.

21/08/2026

Know all things to be like this: A mirage, a cloud castle, A dream, an apparition, Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen.
— The Buddha

19/08/2026

What does it really mean to be modern? In this video, Phra Anil Sakya explores modernization through Buddhist teachings, showing that true progress is not just about technology or lifestyle, but about living with wisdom, sustainability, respect for nature, and timeless human values.

17/08/2026

Like chasing our own shadow, we often search for lasting happiness in things that can never truly satisfy us. In this article, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey explains samsara as a cycle of recurring dissatisfaction, shaped by confusion, craving, and compulsive habits

By deeply contemplating the many forms of suffering present throughout samsara, practitioners develop genuine renunciation and the determination to attain lasting liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth.

15/08/2026

There Has to Be Karma: choosing a teacher without examining them first is like drinking poison or jumping off a cliff.

14/08/2026

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
— Ajahn Chah

13/08/2026

Emptiness: Not as Empty as You Think - https://mailchi.mp/studybuddhism/emptiness-not-as-empty-as-you-think