Announcements

  • Featured Good Karma Music Story from Miaoyin

    This week’s story comes from Miaoyin in Melbourne, Australia. She and her kids go to the local Buddhist temple and volunteer when they have the time.  “I have been taking my kids to a local Buddhist temple to do some volunteer work when time allows on the weekends. The kids are enjoying the friendly atmosphere and the people in the temple are very kind and helpful. I hope doing this can enlighten myself and the kids to learn more about the meaning of Buddhism and share love and kindness with others.” Share your own story with us at Good Karma Music and pick from one of our albums!

  • Featured Good Karma Music Story from Kim

    This week’s featured story comes from Kim M. in Las Vegas. She shares how she picks up broken glass bottles so that they do not harm animals or bicyclists.  “I pick up broken glass bottles that people deliberately spread on forest trails and mountainous areas. It harms the poor animals and bicyclists. . . Picking up trash and glass has been a favorite pastime. My contribution in this effort makes me feel at that moment I am not living in vain. I can be useful.” Share your own story with us at Good Karma Music and pick from one of our albums!

  • Featured Good Karma Music Story from Lily

    This week’s featured story comes from Lily in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She shares how she helped her community change the school bus stop to a safer location:  “This year, my sister was assigned a new bus stop, a patch of grass behind a curb. When it rained, her and other students sank into the grass and mud. To get there, one had to cross two streets, and parking was difficult. My mom asked the bus driver if the stop could be returned to the small park close by with sufficient parking. The bus driver stated, ‘Call the school and have it formally assigned.’ I spent my afternoon looking up the…

  • Featured Good Karma Music Story from Kuching, Malaysia

    This week’s featured story comes from Kuching, Malaysia where one of our storytellers visited and supported a colleague in the hospital in the spirit of the Dharma: “When I was working in a small hospital, I liked to read the Buddha’s Dharma. One day, my colleague was admitted into my hospital. I visited him in the ward, as advised by the Dharma, and checked on what he needed. Then, we forgot about it and went on with our busy schedules. Several months later, I was being transferred to another hospital. Before my transfer, my colleague suddenly informed me of his gratitude. How much it meant to him, my previous hospital…

  • Announcing the Release of “Dharma Radio” and Good Karma Music Project

    After over three years in the making, the Dharma Radio music album of thirteen songs by Reverend Heng Sure and Friends will be released on November 19, 2020.  What did enlightened people in China and India write about? When they sang, what stories did their songs tell? How would their songs and stories sound in English, played on a banjo or a guitar? The 13 songs on this album called “Dharma Radio” lets us hear the enlightened mind, to the music of an old-time string band. These are translations into contemporary English from Chinese, Sanskrit, and Pali, including the story of a Tang Dynasty poetry slam, a Guan Yin chant from…

  • Reduced streaming programs

    Due to limited resource, we are reducing the internet radio streaming programs to recurring daily programs and Saturday live lecture only.