So what, according to Buddhism, is wisdom?

The highest wisdom is seeing that in reality all phenomena are incomplete, impermanent, and not self. This understanding is totally freein...

Scientists reverse aging in mice by giving them young blood.

Plots from  The Simpsons  are rarely prophetic, but it appears as if, just as it did for Mr. Burns, the blood of the young could help to sta...

Was Buddha an Incarnation of God?

The Buddha was a unique human being who was self-Enlightened. He had no one whom He could regard as His teacher. Through His own efforts, H...

Nature of the Buddha

' As long, brethren, as the Moon and Sun have not arisen in the world, just as long is there no shining forth a great light of great rad...

Researchers think water helped ancient Egyptians build the pyramids

Long before the days of trucks and cranes, the ancient Egyptians were building pyramids out of giant bricks stacked hundreds of feet high. E...

Metta Bhavana (Loving-Kindness Meditation)

The original name of this practice is metta bhavana , which comes from the Pali language. Metta means ‘love’ (in a non-romantic sense), fri...

The Four Noble Truths.

The Four Aryan (or Noble) Truths are perhaps the most basic formulation of the Buddha’s teaching. They are expressed as follows: 1. All exis...