Topic: Dharma

Leonard Cohen sings the blues

Tweet For four decades Leonard Cohen's brooding lyrics won him fans and accolades the world over, but the folk-rock poet never felt legitimate...

Who'll care best for our deepest selves?

PHILOSOPHY: PAUL O'GRADY reviews Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion By Alain de Botton Hamish Hamilton, 320pp...

Clive Edwards, gardening tips

Clive Edwards offers an insight into the traditional Chinese garden. . FOR centuries the Chinese have sought inspiration and self-knowledge in...

Chinese? Yes please

Expand . My colleague Alistair Kwun sometimes posts photos on Facebook which looks as if he's on holiday in China, Singapore or Malaysia but when I...
Founded more than 700 years ago, Thailand's northern capital of Chiang Mai grew through history in relative isolation before a railway system was...

Light of happiness

MORE than 6,000 lotus-shaped wax candles were lighted to usher in the Year of the Dragon at the Mahindarama Buddhist Temple on Jalan Kampar in...
There are many marvels at the end of the punishing dirt road that skirts the edge of this stark white glacier high on the Tibetan plateau:...
Walter Isaacson has unleashed a torrent of new books about Steve Jobs and Apple. But nobody has written anything quite like Caleb Melby's The Zen...

Heart of Buddha

In Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk, James Carter traces the life of Tanxu, an unknown but...
The 28th Annual Matsuri Festival takes over Heritage & Science Park in downtown Phoenix on Saturday and Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2012. This...