YOU BELONG HERE. At the Buddhist Faith Fellowship, we believe that Buddhism isn’t about retreating from life, it’s about awakening within it. You don’t need to shave your head, wear robes, or withdraw from the world to walk the Buddha’s path. We are everyday people—parents, teachers, artists, and seekers—living extraordinary lives shaped by the timeless…

What Is Meditation? Since the Buddha’s enlightenment during deep meditation under the Bodhi tree, meditation has been part of the practice all Buddhist followers. Meditation in Buddhism is not sitting and daydreaming, or contemplating the day’s events. It is not staring into space, hoping that some spiritual hammer will land on the mind and suddenly…

The Three Jewels Despite the differences in the varieties of Buddhism, there are always the same three cornerstones which are called the Three Jewels. These are the Buddha, the Dharma which is the teaching of the Buddha, and the Sangha, which is the community who follow the teaching. When a person accepts the Buddhist philosophy…

The Noble Eightfold Path, although referred to as steps on a path, is not meant as a sequential learning process, but as eight aspects of life, all of which are to be integrated in everyday life. Thus the environment is created to move closer to the Buddhist path. The Eightfold Path is at the heart…