Art with a Heart
Shuyin
11 March 2016
In the center of the room, a group of artists are hunched over their work stations, each focused on his or her individual task. With
Nuns in Dharamsala Participate in Winter Debate before the Dalai Lama
Craig C Lewis
2 November 2015
Nuns from seven nunneries participating in the annual Great Winter Debate—gathered in Dharamsala to make a debate presentation before the Dalai Lama.
Creating Space
Heather Sanche
10 July 2015
As my husband Jason and I prepared to welcome Adelaide into our lives nearly ten months ago, I thought about the kind of home we
Educating Buddhist Children in America
Dorje Kirsten
26 June 2015
“At the end of the day, education is brainwashing. Brainwashing is inevitable. We human beings love doing that. We are already brainwashed—we don’t know otherwise.
Walking the Motherhood Walk
Heather Sanche
12 June 2015
While my husband and I waited for the birth of our daughter nine months ago, I spent much of my pregnancy contemplating how I would
“Fertile Minds”– Encounters in the Tibetan Colony of Bir
Dharma Eye
24 April 2015
In September 2014, I traveled to the Tibetan colony of Bir with another photographer, Jagdev Singh. On the one hand, we attended teachings on “The
Moving with the Times: An Integrated Education for Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Nuns
Dharma Eye
27 February 2015
From his travels around the world, Tsoknyi Rinpoche has seen the benefits of modern education, but also its limits. At Tsoknyi Gechak Ling in the
Modern Education and the Future of Buddhism: An Interview with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Frances McDonald
9 January 2015
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is a well-known teacher in the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. Born in Bhutan and now based in Bir in Himachal Pradesh, India,
The Pirivena System of Buddhist Education in Sri Lanka
Sean Mós
12 December 2014
The Buddha is renowned as an accomplished teacher, and his sole purpose was to propagate the truth of life as he understood it. The Ariyapariyesana Sutta of
“Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers:” Looking from the Inside Out
John Cannon
7 November 2014
This is the fourth article in our series “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers.” Here, John Cannon is in conversation with Ashok Kumar Chakma,
Buddhistdoor View: The Purpose of Learning
Buddhistdoor Global
26 September 2014
Since leaving her post as Kyrgyzstan’s interim president in 2011, Roza Otunbayeva has devoted herself to philanthropic services for her country. One of these is
“Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers:” In Conversation with Venerable Buddhadatta
John Cannon
22 August 2014
This is the second article in our series “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers.” Here, John Cannon converses with Venerable Buddhadatta from Wonmyung Meditation