Four North American Universities Join New Global Network of Buddhist Studies
Justin Whitaker
29 January 2018
China’s Liuzu Temple offers US$4.9 million in…
A Walk with Thay
Sze Chai
11 October 2017
After two years of being unable to visit the Plum Village monastic community in southwest France for the Summer Opening Retreat, conditions were finally right
Self, Other, and the Spaces Between: Behind the Lens with Niçoise Photographer Fiorenza Menini
Sarah C. Beasley
5 May 2017
“It is so magical, it is so wondrous, this meeting, as in a dream—”** I met artist Fiorenza Menini during late summer 2014. After visiting
Meritorious Gifts at Tibetan Buddhist Centers in France: Some Paradoxes
Cécile Campergue
21 April 2017
Buddhism has become an established part of the Western religious landscape, although as recently as the 20th century it was difficult for many people to imagine
Who was Alexandra David-Neel? A Brief Story of a Buddhist Anarchist
Marion Dapsance
30 September 2016
Alexandra David-Neel (1868–1969), a French traveler and a prolific writer, is variously celebrated for being “the first Buddhist in France,” “a fearless explorer,” “the first
Buddhistdoor View: The Burkini, Secular Liberalism, and a Buddhist Hoodie
Buddhistdoor Global
2 September 2016
After two Islamist gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2015, killing 12 people and wounding 11, many in France resolved