The junta that overthrew Myanmar’s elected government more than a year ago has destroyed in excess of 100 Buddhist and Christian buildings in central, northwest,
Recent reports offer a possible ray of hope on the outlook for one of the world’s most significant archeological excavations at Mes Aynak, the future
The senior Thai monk Venerable Somdet Phra Wannarat, the abbot of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara, a 19th century royal Buddhist monastery in Bangkok, acting patriarch of
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will host a talk on the Diamond Sutra by the renowned Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and author Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday made his first live public appearance since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving a teaching from the
Negotiations between Afghanistan’s new Taliban government and China’s state-owned China Metallurgical Group Corp. (MCC) and its publicly listed subsidiary Metallurgical Corp. of China are underway
A new online course produced by the Jamyang London Buddhist Centre in partnership with Science & Wisdom LIVE will explore our understanding of the relationship
The community of Plum Village in southwestern France has shared a collection of intimate photographs from the weekend, when the sangha held a short ceremony to
The Association of Korean Buddhist Orders has announced the publication of Buddhist National Treasures of Korea. This new 480-page volume of cultural heritage catalogues the
Buddhists in Sri Lanka are mourning the passing of the island nation’s most sacred elephant, Nadungamuwa Raja, who died at the age of 69 on Monday
A Theravada Buddhist temple and monastery in the Greater Manchester area of northern England plans to expand into the grounds of a neighboring former golf
The Taiwan-headquartered charity and humanitarian organization Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation revealed that it is organizing a humanitarian aid program in response to the growing refugee crisis
