The Tibetan “Songs of Realization”
Oscar Carrera
27 April 2021
Music as a medium of awakening
Kalmykia Marks Festival of Miracles with Prayers and Online Teachings
Lyudmila Klasanova
1 March 2021
Commemorating the legacy of Shakyamuni Buddha
UNESCO Lists Korea’s Buddhist Lantern Festival as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Craig C Lewis
4 January 2021
Yeondeunghoe festival of light celebrates the birth of the…
Cambodian Buddhists in Rhode Island Struggle to Cope with COVID-19
Justin Whitaker
15 September 2020
Weekend marked Pchum Ben, a key Buddhist festival for…
Monklife, Part Three: Mantra, Mudra, Movement, Mask – Steps to Embodiment
Joseph Houseal
5 October 2019
Vessels of an ancient lineage
Images from Buddhist Festival Highlight the Plight of Domesticated Elephants in Sri Lanka
Craig C Lewis
16 August 2019
Animal rights advocates urge Sri Lanka to do more for..
Buddhist Communities Around the World Mark the Lunar New Year
Staff Writer
20 February 2018
Celebrating the Year of the Earth Dog
The Khao Phansa Festival: The “Buddhist Lent” of Thailand
BD Dipananda
29 July 2016
Thailand’s Khao Phansa festival marks the beginning of the annual, three-month rains retreat for monastics (Pali: vassavasa), beginning the day after the full moon of the
Celebrating the Dream of Religious Plurality: The Buddha Purnima Festival in Bangladesh
BD Dipananda
1 May 2014
When my elders retold to me Bangladesh’s struggle for independence, I was regaled with the fundamental principles that make an independent nation-state worth living in.
The Festival of Pure Brightness is a chance to protect tradition
Ittoku
1 April 2013
This April will see the annual Chinese festival of Qingming: more commonly known in China as the occasion to tend to our ancestors’ graves and burial
Vesak: That time of the year again for sentient beings
Raymond Lam
10 May 2011
I had a shock after reading this news piece. Not at the fact that the minister shaved his head (people shave their heads all the time,
The lover’s calling and the Four Divine Abodes: Dynamics of relationships and the Buddhist vocation
Ittoku
12 February 2010
This week’s column is dedicated to Jo. The coming Sunday is Valentine’s Day, the day on which couples take a special time-out for each other