How to Become a Buddhist: A Beginner’s Guide

How to Become a Buddhist: A Beginner’s Guide

If you have been searching for meaning, connection, or joy in your daily life, you will find the Buddhist path incredibly valuable. Embarking on this journey to becoming Buddhist is a profound and transformative experience. Best of all, you do not need to believe in a...
November Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery

November Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery

What is the November Course? The November Meditation Course was established in 1971 by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, the founders of Kopan Monastery and the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition. This course has earned world-wide...
Interview with Shankha Mitra: Why Buddhism is Life-Changing

Interview with Shankha Mitra: Why Buddhism is Life-Changing

How has The Buddhist Center impacted your life? The Buddhist Center is a source of inspiration because you see so many other people who are engaged in the same goals as you and everyone is helping each other along. There have been times in my life when I’ve...
Interview with Geshe Tenzin Zopa 2024

Interview with Geshe Tenzin Zopa 2024

Growing up in the Tsum Valley I was born in the Himalayan region, right on the border of Tibet and Nepal, in Tsum Valley or Happy Valley. It is said that there is hidden Dharma treasure here, buried underground, in stupas, and in the atmosphere. For thousands of...
Online Buddhist Studies Program: Discovering Buddhism

Online Buddhist Studies Program: Discovering Buddhism

There are several ways to delve into the study of Buddhism and many traditions to choose from—like Vajrayana, Theravada, or Mahayana—that it can be difficult to know where to start. If you are interested in Buddhist tradition but confused about how to begin, let us...