Right concentration (sammā-samādhi) refers to the four jhānas. The word jhāna literally means meditation, but when the Buddha uses that word, he is referring to a specific collection of four...

I'm so unenlightened ... my bad karma has its own bad karma. I'm so unenlightened ... I accepted Mara's friend request on Facebook. I'm so unenlightened ... I left the form empty at the DMV because...

It is common among Buddhists, even Buddhist teachers, to erroneously claim that the Buddha proclaimed, "Life is suffering."  That mistake is understandable, I catch myself doing it frequently too....

On the final evening of the Buddha's earthly existence, a few hours before his passing, the Buddha was lying down between two sāla trees, mindful and fully aware.  According to the story, the trees...

Rāhula was the biological son of the Buddha.  Or, more accurately, he was the biological son of Prince Siddhattha before Siddhattha became the Buddha.  When Rāhula was six, Siddhattha became the...