Buddhism in Modern Bangladesh: A Brief History of Lineages and Cultural Practices
Despite challenges, Bangladesh’s Buddhist lineages continue to thrive through their devotional offerings, festivals, and community support
Despite challenges, Bangladesh’s Buddhist lineages continue to thrive through their devotional offerings, festivals, and community support
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, founder of the Buddhist relief organization Join Together Society, led a team to Bangladesh to deliver aid for Rohingya refugees.
Bangladesh’s recent violence against Buddhists and other minorities is a stark reminder of the need for Buddhist peacemaking
Fifteen Buddhist organizations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh will not celebrate the Kathina robe-offering ceremony because of security concerns.
Hundreds of indigenous families in the Rangamati and Khagrachari districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of southeastern Bangladesh are living in the forest or
Śrīmat Jagat Chandra Mahāsthabir was a unique monastic who discovered the fabled Rangkut Banasram Bihar, a vihara built by Ashoka the Great in 268 BCE
The Luri community is a little-known group of Buddhists that practice a fusion of Theravada and Mahayana beliefs
Venerable Pomnyun Sunim and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea conducted flood relief efforts in Assam on 12 July.
This little-known Buddhist monastery in Chittagong has been an important site of meditation since the 16th century
Buddha Purnima is the biggest religious festival for Buddhists and was celebrated across Bangladesh, where it is observed as a public holiday, on 22 May.
The Pālā dynasty is celebrated as one of the great royal houses of medieval India that supported Buddhist culture
The story of how the second supreme patriarch of Bangladesh and monastic reformer was ordained as a monk three times