High Time To Transform Our Resolutions To Vows!

Jan. 27 | If we have stronger resolutions for the worldly, we have stronger aspirations for the samsaric. - Stonepeace Come spring, we often do spring-cleaning of our houses. But what about spring-cleaning our immediate homes too? Our minds, which shape our lives!...

Stanzas of Victory (Jaya Mangala Gatha)

Jun. 6 | By the firm determination of this truth, may I ever be well. - A Buddhist Prayer Closing Line These verses are recited by Buddhist devotees on many Buddhist countries on auspicious occasions such as weddings, house-warming ceremonies, felicitations and...

Do Buddhists Believe In The Efficacy Of Prayers?

Apr. 4 | The Buddha is the greatest among all doctors, able to cure all diseases of afflictions, able to relieve people from all the great sufferings of birth and death. - Avatamsaka Sutra Yes, Buddhists firmly believe in the efficacy of prayer. When someone prays,...