Buddhism

Uppalavanna, one of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, and what her community's choice to place her at the center of the story still means today.

A reflection on Aṅgulimāla and the moment when recognition interrupts violence and opens the possibility of moral change.

Revata's refusal of a bribe at the Second Buddhist Council reveals the spiritual conditions required for genuine consultation and collective truth-seeking.

Nagarjuna's philosophy of emptiness revealed that human connection is not an achievement but the ground of reality itself.

Bodhidharma, the 5th-century monk who brought Chan Buddhism to China, teaches that what we seek is already present beneath the noise of striving.

The story of Mandāravā, 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist saint, and what it means when destruction becomes consecration.

The story of Atiśa, the 11th-century Bengali scholar whose lifelong search for truth took him from India to Sumatra to Tibet.

A 12th-century Buddhist archbishop and the satirical scrolls that became Japan's oldest manga --- and a meditation on sacred laughter.