Book Review: The Making of American Buddhism
Hozan Alan Senauke
26 August 2023
Hozan Alan Senauke explores the insights and implications for Buddhism in the US raised in a remarkable new book by Scott A. Mitchell
Faeries, Dakinis, Nuns, and Mikos, Part Two
Joseph Houseal
12 August 2023
Joseph Houseal explores the world of Buddhist ritual dance and profiles two Western exponents and practitioners, and their unique perspectives
Nils Martin Wins Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies
Craig C Lewis
9 August 2023
Khyentse Foundation announced that it has awarded this year’s Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies for Europe to Nils Martin.
Young Buddhist Scholars Meet in New Delhi for Conference on Buddhist Pilgrimage
Justin Whitaker
3 August 2023
Young scholars joined the ongoing conversation about Buddhist pilgrimage, tourism, and travel in India
Centre of Buddhist Studies at HKU Announces Two-Day Buddhist Studies Forum in Hong Kong
Craig C Lewis
2 August 2023
The Centre of Buddhist Studies (CBS) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has announced an upcoming Buddhist studies forum running from 10–11 August.
1,000-Year-Old Buddhist Archaeological Site of Pilak Included in New Tourism Circuit for India
Dipen Barua
21 July 2023
The government of Tripura in northeastern India is promoting Pilak, a 1,000-year-old Buddhist archaeological site, as part of a historical tourism circuit.
Pakistan Hosts Symposium to Showcase Buddhist Tourism Sites
Justin Whitaker
13 July 2023
The county’s leaders hope to show a welcoming, tourist-friendly side to the Buddhist world
International Buddhist Confederation Leads Ashadha Purnima Celebration in New Delhi
Justin Whitaker
4 July 2023
Traditionally seen as the second holiest day in the Buddhist calendar, this full moon marks the Buddha’s first teaching of the Dharma
Metropolitan Museum of Art to Showcase “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE”
Raymond Lam
29 May 2023
An upcoming exhibition in New York will help tell the complex story of the early origins of Buddhism
Rare Tibetan Buddhist Manuscripts Translated into Hindi Poised for Publication
Dipen Barua
19 May 2023
Hindi translations of five ancient Tibetan texts on Buddhism that the Indian writer Rahul Sankrityayan brought to India are ready for publication.
Russian Buddhism Comes to Hong Kong: A Sangha of Academia and Community
Dipen Barua
26 April 2023
Russian academic Alexey Maslov examines how Russian Buddhism and the Saint Petersburg school of Buddhist Studies have developed
From the Kalmyk Steppe to the Open Plains of 3D Virtual Reality: The Lost and Found Buddhist Temples of Kalmykia
Lyudmila Klasanova
25 April 2023
All phenomena come into being (Skt: samutpada; Tib: ’byung ba) through a dependent relationship with all other phenomena. This is how we explain the Buddhist