Thursday September 22, 2011





Articles & Essays
Audio & Video
Prayers & Reflections
Sacred Texts
Magazine Corner
Featured Books
Quick Facts
Rites & Rituals
Holiday Guide

  Groups
Women
Families
Teens
Men
  Topics
About Love
Getting Help
Prayer & Mourning
Today's Issues

Personal Journals
My Questions of Faith
Words of Wisdom

Faith Bazaar
Faith.orgs
Giving Back
Faith Kitchen
Educational Resources
Faith Traveler
Favorite Web Links


Seen a great site lately? Share it here


Find a favorite house of worship in your area or register your own!







Add a link to us from your website!









Check in and check out the buzz!

Go to Discussion Boards

Do you have an opinion? Make it count! Register your vote on today's most pressing issues of faith.

Go to Poll

Whatever the occasion, receiving a loving message can be the nicest gift of all. Send a special card to someone you care about!

Send a Card
Sign up with us and receive special announcements! Type your e-mail address and hit submit!




E-Mail Us






Today we're seeing a renaissance of writing about the spiritual path. Contemporary authors are putting out a stream of rich and often highly personal accounts, while ancient texts are being unveiled to a wider public, often for the first time in history. In Words of Wisdom, we've culled some of the best works both from contemporary authors and from classics of the past to give you inspiration and insight.

The Waterfall by Shunryu Suzuki 
A great Zen teacher talks about what it really means to be in harmony with nature.
>> Go to Article

The Cabbage Sutra by Sharon Salzberg 
The central teaching of the Buddha is emptiness or no-self. This means that if you take away all characteristics of a thing, you are left with nothing. As abstract as this may sound, Buddhists regard it as a key to enlightenment. In this piece, Sharon Salzberg describes her experience of this fundamental Buddhist truth.
>> Go to Article

Wasting Energy by Tarthang Tulku 
A Tibetan lama offers simple ideas for increasing your effectiveness in daily life.
>> Go to Article

The Precepts for Young People by Sandy Eastoak 
The Ten Precepts are the fundmental moral teachings of Buddhism. Here’s an interpretation that makes sense for our needs today.
>> Go to Article

The Life of the Buddha by Cherry Gilchrist 
How the Buddha left a life of comfort and privilege and went on a relentless search for illumination.
>> Go to Article

In Sheep’s Clothing The Face of Evil in The Phantom Menace by Shanti Fader 
Parabola’s Shanti Fader talks about the nature of evil as illustrated in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
>> Go to Article

BUDDHIST BASICS: The ABC's of Buddhism 
Tricycle’s editors explain what Buddhist teachings are all about in Buddhism Basics: The ABC’s of Buddhism
>> Go to Article

 
Home | Contact Us | About Us | Site Map | Membership | Privacy
Press Inquiries | Advertising and Sponsorship