Without knowing it, Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery in Newport, began to lay the groundwork for sharing Buddhist practices during a pandemic many years ago.

For me, the coronavirus is a powerful teacher about life, death, change, compassion, and resilience.

These days, there are many ways to get in touch with quality Buddhist teachings without attending a temple or Dharma center.

"Depending on how we look at Buddhism, we may describe it as a religion, a science of mind, or a philosophy. We do not need to say it is one and not the others, for Buddhism embraces aspects of all three. "

Dictionaries define recitation as the action of repeating something aloud from memory.

An easy out is to say that Buddha and his teachings were not patriarchal but Buddhist institutions were and many still are. But this is too simple.