Actor John C. Reilly has been selected to direct Buddha: Triumph in the Life of the Great Sage, a play that is based on Buddhist texts.
Charting the Future of Buddhist Translation
The world’s leading Tibetan–English translators, Buddhist scholars, and lamas meet to plan for translating the Tibetan Buddhist canon.
The Revolutionary Lotus Sutra

Paul Copp reviews “Readings of the Lotus Sutra”, edited by Stephen F. Teiser and Jacqueline I. Stone.
What is a Sutra?
Sutra, as defined by Daigaku Rummé, a Soto Zen monk.
The Phenomenal Universe of the Flower Ornament Sutra
The Huayan, or Flower Ornament Sutra, is not widely known in the West, yet it has had a profound and lasting impact on Zen and Chan Buddhism.
Caught in Indra’s Net
(Artist) Hashimoto Gaho; Japan; ca. 1885; Ink and tint on paper; H x W (overall): 220.8 x 65.2 cm (86 15/16 x 25 11/16 in); Gift of Charles Lang Freer. Image courtesy of the Freer Sackler Gallery.If you want to understand the full truth of “form is emptiness; emptiness is form,” says Robert Aitken Roshi, you must go beyond the Heart Sutra to philosophical texts like the Huayan Sutra, which unpack and elaborate this profound paradox.





