What is your initial impression ?

Buddhism has been an important part of the cultural heritage of many Asian countries for the past 2500 years ago. Nowadays, as the religious ideals and moral values of Buddhism have proved to be crucial in saving so many people from their sufferings, Buddhism continues to have an influence, from the present generation to the future and from the East to the West.

What is your impression about Buddhism?

Advanced!? Rational!? Sophisticated!? Mysterious!? or Obsolete!? Irrational!? Superstitious!? Contradictory!?

Who is the Buddha, a man or a god?

Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy?

What does Buddhism have to do with our daily lives?

You may have a lot of questions about Buddhism?????

That is why we are here!

We hope that we can arouse your interest to know more about Buddhism and present a balanced view and perspective about Buddhism to you.
Buddhist Door is a monthly Internet publication with the following contents:

1. Fundamentals of Buddhism
2. Speeches of wisdom from different Dharma Masters
3. Buddhist Art
4. Glossary
5. Buddhist activities

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For the fundamentals of Buddhism, to start with, we would like to present Buddha' Life. If you want to learn about a religion which you will believe and follow, first of all, you should know about the founder of the religion. Look at his personality, behavior and wisdom, whether or not he deserved to get respect and blessings. It will take about 4 or 5 issues to cover the whole life of Shakyamuni, the story starting from the birth of Siddhartha Goutama.

In the Consecration Ceremony of the temple of Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society in Vancouver, B.C., Canada on August 13, 1995, the three great Dharma Masters delivered their speeches, their blessings with joy and wisdom. Such speeches will be presented in this issue as well.

Acknowledgement for the sources of some texts and images : The images and titles in the section of Buddha's Life are taken from "The Illustrated History of Buddhism" by The Young Men's Buddhist Association, Rangoon, reprinted by The Thervada Buddhist Society of America. The images and some of the texts in the section of Buddhist Art are taken from "The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom" by The National Palace Museum, Taipei, and "Buddhist Art" by Chi Lin Buddhist Library, Hong Kong.