by Chade-Meng Tan | Sep 20, 2024
I was on two episodes of a Korean TV program on meditation. They came to my house to film....
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 19, 2024
Once upon a time, there was a saintly small man called A. T. Ariyaratne, known affectionately to all his friends as Dr. Ari. Dr. Ari was a high school English teacher best known for founding the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka. It started when he took forty...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Oct 13, 2023
In March 2023, I was invited to Seoul to speak at the 10th Buddhism Expo. I told the story of how I became a Buddhist. And then I spoke on a panel with Jinwoo Sunim, the Chief Executive of the Joyge Order. Here are the videos. My talk. Jinwoo Sunim’s talk Our...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 22, 2023
The Uganda Buddhist Center (UBC) was founded and helmed by the Most Venerable Bhante Buddharakkhita, Uganda’s first Buddhist monk. We are very lucky to have him. He is a true African monk, born and bred in Africa (ie, not an Asian or Western import into Africa),...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 21, 2022
Our beloved Thay has passed.Thay personifies mindfulness more than anybody else I have ever met. There is, however, a side of him that the public seldom sees, which is his inner strength. To be able to change the world compassionately, one’s mindfulness practice...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Dec 26, 2021
Father Tutu has passed. He is one of my most favorite human beings in the world. He inspires in a thousand ways. He, along with the Dalai Lama, showed me how deep spirituality, the desire to change the world, and a joyful sense of humor, can all work together to...
