Caste discrimination has existed for millennia in South Asia, despite efforts from reformers such as B.R. Ambedkar, and it is following many people around the world
On the ongoing debate over who controls Buddhist thought and practice in the modern, secular, and scientific world
A US college student reflects on her changing perspective on the Buddhist teaching and its manifestations around the world
The Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong has announced a new series of lectures titled “Buddhism and the Senses.”
A college student in the US shares how a course in Buddhist Modernism changed their relationship with impermanence
Academic conference on karma at Dartmouth covers interpersonal and universal karma, affinities, discourses, processes, and imaginaries, as well as collective karma as a tool of political mobilization in past and present Buddhism
The Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School celebrates its unique role in training Buddhist leaders to serve in a variety of roles outside of academia
The second Lotsawa Translation Workshop, titled “Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition,” was held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from 13-16 October.
Khyentse Foundation has announced that it is accepting nominations for 2023 for its annual KF Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies.
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced that the 2022 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorship in Buddhist Studies has been
Buddhist wisdom helps an American high school student reframe her perception of education and the pressures of social expectations
Dr. Keune’s project will focus on Dalit or Ambedkarite Buddhists as they travel beyond India’s borders for education, work, and more
