Buddhists around the world celebrated the beginning of the three-month rains retreat (Vassavasa) on 13 July. The three-month rains retreat for monks and nuns begins
A conversation with filmmakers Carina and Sandra Roth on the practice of Shugendo in Japan
We are delighted to announce the publication of Dr. Lewis R. Lancaster’s latest work, The Buddhist Maritime Silk Road, now available online and in paperback
Abe truly lived a meaningful life in the service of others, said His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Khyentse Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the renowned Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and author Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, has presented this year’s award for Outstanding PhD
Sagi Mai brings protection and blessings, just as the beautiful herons appear on the banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto
A look at Norman Waddell’s new anthology of letters, essays, and more from R. H. Blyth
His Holiness welcomed guests and heard from dignitaries and political leaders as he celebrated the occasion of his birthday at his home in India
An academic account of finding religion and spiritual beings and forces in Japan’s supposedly areligious society
Thai monks weigh use of marijuana and its derivatives as Thailand decriminalizes the drug
Foo Hai Ch’an, a Buddhist monastery in Singapore, has presented funding of US$800,000 to the National University of Singapore (NUS) to support graduate research candidates
Why the ordination of women on the summer solstice in Bhutan is so important
