Thai New Year Holiday Prompts Renewed Appeal to Stop Buddhist Life-Release Practice
Life-release practices are common in many Buddhist traditions, but rising environmental concerns have led many to abandon or change their merit-making practices.
Life-release practices are common in many Buddhist traditions, but rising environmental concerns have led many to abandon or change their merit-making practices.
The celebrated Tibetan tulku Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche will lead a three day retreat from 3–5 May titled “The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen.”
VR headsets, a chocolate bodhisattva, and remixed Buddhist sutras were on display as organizers sought to attract young people to the religion
Tibetan Buddhists in particular hold that merit gained during a solar eclipse may be multiplied many times
Sravasti Abbey has announced that five of the abbey’s training nuns have received full monastic ordination at Fo En Si Temple in Taichung, Taiwan.
The revered Korean Dharma master and engaged Buddhist activist Ven. Pomnyun Sunim will give an international series of in-person Dharma talks in 2024.
Dharma House Lisbon is to hold its inaugural Dharma teaching on 19–21 April. The seminar will be led by the esteemed Buddhist scholar Khenpo Pema Namgyal.
Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena led a delegation from the MIMC for the inauguration of a Buddhist temple at Umandawa Global Buddhist Village in Sri Lanka.
The Tergar Meditation Community has announced that Mingyur Rinpoche will lead an online meditation workshop from 30 March on the theme “Three Life Skills.”
Thailand will observe Makha Bucha on 24 February, an important Buddhist festivals that extends across many countries in South and Southeast Asia.
Yangchenma Arts & Music will host a four-part live-streamed series of talks on the ancient dance traditions of Himalayan cultures in March.
Celebration honoring the work of Roshi Joan Halifax and Upaya Zen Center will be livestreamed on their YouTube page