Buddhist Monks Prompt Initiative to Protect Forest Sanctuary in Assam
Dipen Barua
14 January 2022
The Buddhist community of Chalapathar Shyamgaon in Assam has adopted the nearby forest.
Compassion, Generosity, Truth, and Wisdom: Bhikkhu Bodhi to Give Live-Streamed Dharma Talk
Craig C Lewis
11 January 2022
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi will offer teaching for the South Indian Buddhist Council on 16 January
Plans Underway to Complete Buddhist Pilgrimage Site in Nagarjuna Sagar, Central India
Justin Whitaker
4 January 2022
After five years of development, the site housing meditation halls, a Buddhist University, museum, and hospital plans to open soon
Bhumisparsha: Siddhartha’s Intent India and Deer Park Institute to Host Online New Year’s Eve Concert
Craig C Lewis
30 December 2021
Siddhartha’s Intent India and the Deer Park Institute have announced a special online concert to be live-streamed globally on New Year’s Eve.
The Kalama Sutta: The First Rationalist Buddhist Text?
Dipen Barua
30 December 2021
An exegesis of a fundamental Buddhist text
Seeing And Revering Nature With Love: Trees Of Dharamsala By Nicholas Vreeland
Adele Tomlin
16 December 2021
Buddhist monk Nicholas Vreeland (Thubten Lhundup) discusses the beauty of trees in this interview with British writer, poet, scholar, and translator Adele Tomlin
BBC Names Engaged Buddhist Manjula Pradeep among 100 Influential Women of 2021
Craig C Lewis
8 December 2021
The BBC has named the socially engaged Buddhist activist Manjula Pradeep as one of the world’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2021.
Mind & Life Institute to Host Online Dialogue on Hope, Courage, and Compassion with the Dalai Lama
Craig C Lewis
1 December 2021
Exploring perspectives on the theme “Embracing Hope, Courage, and Compassion in Times of Crisis”
Book Review: Xuanzang: China’s Legendary Pilgrim and Translator
Raymond Lam
27 November 2021
Xuanzang is the most famous of China’s Tang-era monk-pilgrims. He has enjoyed an outsize literary impact on the trajectory of Chinese Buddhism and the presentation
Dalai Lama Offers Prayers, Donation for Victims of Deadly Floods in Southeastern India
Craig C Lewis
24 November 2021
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sunday offered condolences to families who have lost loved ones and to communities whose lives have been overturned in
Pittsburg Mayor Welcomes Dr. Barry Kerzin’s Altruism in Medicine Institute
Nina Müller
23 November 2021
The Dalai Lama’s doctor hopes to bring more compassion to medicine and medical training
Tibetan Nuns Project Leads Transformation at Dorjee Zong Buddhist Nunnery in Ladakh
Craig C Lewis
17 November 2021
The Tibetan Nuns Project shares its remarkable progress in the process of renewal and transformation at the 700-year-old Tibetan Buddhist nunnery.