Mahapajapati deserves to be remembered as the founder of the great women’s community that remains to this day, and as a woman who stood up for gender equity, beginning work that is ongoing
Dipen Barua looks at the history and spread of vipassana meditation around the world, from the 19th century to today
From Nehru to Modi, India’s Buddhist diplomacy invokes Ashoka’s ideal of conquest by Dharma and morality in international relations
The world of art sees Nepal and Nepalese artists see the world with MoNA’s Kathmandu Art Biennale: Spiritual Edition
This New Year of the dragon invites us to explore the Buddhist potentiality for unlimited change and positive transformation
From Nichiren to Daisaku Ikeda, this is the story of one of the largest and most influential lay Buddhist organizations in the world
Bringing solar energy to Sri Lanka’s religious sites will be a key feature of the new agreement
BDG columnist Ratnadevi takes us blackberry picking as she contemplates the ecological and societal changes underway around and within us
A new survey shows a decline in Asian American Buddhists by percentage, but also highlights complex differences between Asian Americans of different backgrounds
Pope Francis is the very first pontiff in the Church’s history to visit Mongolia, with a complicated set of issues to be deliberated
The county’s leaders hope to show a welcoming, tourist-friendly side to the Buddhist world
Traditionally seen as the second holiest day in the Buddhist calendar, this full moon marks the Buddha’s first teaching of the Dharma
