The Wheel of Life: its origin, meaning and symbolism

The Wheel of Life detail: the Buddha above the head of the lord of death (Yama) who is holding the Wheel of Life. Norbulinkga Institute, Himachal Pradesh, India The origin story of the two kings During the Buddha’s lifetime time there were many small kingdoms in India...

Nine stages of concentration

If we genuinely wish to achieve enlightenment to free ourselves and others from suffering, we need to give some serious attention to developing calm abiding. Shantideva said: All the recitations and austerities, even though performed for a long time, are quite useless...