Ancient Buddhist Temple Discovered in Pakistan
Raymond Lam
22 December 2021
The Gandhara-era discovery, deemed “astonishingly important,” may precede similar sites in Taxila in its antiquity
Jogye Order Confers Award on Pakistan’s Ambassador to South Korea
Raymond Lam
21 December 2021
Pakistan’s Mumtaz Zahra Baloch becomes the first non-Korean national to receive the Plaque of Gratitude award
Brooklyn Museum to Unveil a New Gallery Devoted to Buddhist Art
Nina Müller
20 December 2021
Visitors to New York City will have a new opportunity to see almost seventy Buddhist objects from fourteen countries
From Bamiyan Buddhas to Museums, Taliban Seeks Legitimacy of Stewardship over Afghanistan’s Buddhist Heritage
Raymond Lam
17 December 2021
Buddhist world watches warily as the once-destructive regime retakes power and attempts to govern
Archeologists Unearth China’s Earliest Bronze Buddhist Statues To Date
Raymond Lam
16 December 2021
Buddha statues in the Gandharan style may have traveled along the Silk Road nearly 2000 years ago
84000 Announces World’s First Complete English-Language Catalog of the Tengyur
Craig C Lewis
15 December 2021
The collected Tibetan translations of treatises by the great Indian Buddhist masters explaining and elaborating on the words of the Buddha
Buddhist Scholar Duncan Ryuken Williams Wins Prestigious Grawemeyer Religion Prize
Justin Whitaker
14 December 2021
Williams documented the sorrows, hopes, and lives of many of the 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry imprisoned in the United States during WWII
Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari Calls on State to Include Buddhist Philosophy and Buddha’s Teachings in Curriculum
Dipen Barua
13 December 2021
Buddhist philosophy has thrived in many institutions in the West and must be maintained in Nepal as well, argues lawmakers
Senior Thai Buddhist Monk Ven. Somdet Chuang Dies Aged 96
Craig C Lewis
10 December 2021
Former acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand and abbot of the royal Thai monastery Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen
Thai Buddhist Leader Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta Dies Aged 68
Justin Whitaker
9 December 2021
Mae Chee Sansanee Sthirasuta stepped away from a life of wealth to devote herself to helping women and girls and to promote world peace
BBC Names Engaged Buddhist Manjula Pradeep among 100 Influential Women of 2021
Craig C Lewis
8 December 2021
The BBC has named the socially engaged Buddhist activist Manjula Pradeep as one of the world’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2021.
Buddhist Temple Offers Refuge to Vietnamese in Japan
Justin Whitaker
7 December 2021
Thich Tam Tri, a Vietnamese Buddhist nun in Japan, is expanding her work helping Vietnamese workers in Japan