chinese buddhism

Birth, aging, sickness, and death are part of the natural order. From an ordinary scientific viewpoint, once life …

In one exchange preserved between Master Yinguang, the 13th Patriarch of Pure Land Buddhism, and lay practitioner Zhou …

In 1734, during the 12th year of the Yongzheng Emperor’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, a remarkable story …

After the disaster-relief ceremony at Wolong Temple in Xi’an made Master Xuyun famous far and wide, devotees from …

In Chinese Buddhist tradition, some figures become legends — monks whose lives blur the line between history and …

Throughout history, people have stood at the crossroads between reverence and arrogance, faith and disbelief. Though separated by …

In 1966, former Chinese leader Mao started the Cultural Revolution, which was led by young people to break …