The fact that thousands of dalits are embracing Buddhism is great news for any lover of non-violence, and for the Buddhist community in particular. It
Willow Myers works full time as a child and family psychotherapist in a non-profit agency in Bellingham WA. She writes freelance in her spare time.
I got the upsetting news on July 7, 2013 at around 8.30 a.m. — Terror struck Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya: a series of blasts
Glimpses of living history often surprise us with their suddenness, their whimsical appearance in the hands of an unsuspecting discoverer. And it often requires many
For millennia, awesome structures have reached for the sky and the stars beyond heaven. Religious towers like ziggurats or pyramids were believed to embody an
One of the curiosities of history is the lack of evidence of any image of the Buddha for approximately 400 years after his death. The
Perhaps no religious icon is as widely used and well-known as the image of the Buddha seated in meditation. Yet one of the curiosities of
Who doesn’t recognize the Buddha? His image appears these days on watches, tennis shoes, t-shirts – nearly any kind of manufactured product you might think
The gentle face of the Buddha is respected and loved across the world. However, this famous image has mysterious origins, and didn’t appear as an
Hi Mom and Dad, Missing you both today and being there for Thanksgiving with everyone else! It’s beautiful here in the mountains and I had
I had the privilege of being at the Global Buddhist Congregation from the 27th to 30th of November 2011, which brought Buddhists of almost every
India is a fitting locale to explore the growth and progress of living Buddhist communities around the world. The Global Buddhist Congregation (GBC) event was
