From Kedarnath Pandey to Rahul Sankrityayan: The Story of a Buddhist Scholar
Dipen Barua
30 April 2021
Introducing the father of Hindi travel literature
Interview with Ana María Schlüter Rodés, Founder of Zendo Betania
Daniel Millet Gil
27 February 2020
Encounters in a fully lived Zen-Christian dialogue
American Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman to Receive India’s Padma Shri Award
Craig C Lewis
29 January 2020
Thurman recognized for his contributions to Indo-Tibetan…
Fearsome and Impeccably Coiffed: Centering Women in Yasodhara
Caitlin Dwyer
11 February 2019
A review of Vanessa Sasson’s new novel on…
Using A Christmas Carol to Clarify Your Core Values
Seth Shugar
24 December 2018
A sentimental and at times a brutally compassionate…
Late Chinese Author and Buddhist “Jin Yong” Receives Touching Farewell at Hong Kong’s Po Lin Monastery
Craig C Lewis
14 November 2018
Local figures and dignitaries pay tribute to…
How to Want What You Already Have: A Practice for Taking Life As Granted Rather than For Granted
Seth Shugar
14 November 2018
Embracing the Now
Literature as a Way of Living, Part Two
Seth Shugar
14 August 2018
On practicing the spiritual exercises we find in…
Literature as a Way of Living, Part One
Seth Shugar
19 July 2018
The spiritual exercises we can find in literature
Buddhism and Creative Writing, Part Two
David Brazier
21 October 2016
James Sanford and his colleagues in their wonderful volume Flowing Traces (Sanford et al 1992, p.3) point out that “Buddhism’s beginnings in Japan had the arts at
Buddhistdoor View: Illusion and Insight in Secular Literature
Buddhistdoor Global
10 July 2015
Last Saturday, 4 July, was the 239th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. But it was also the 150th anniversary of something far more whimsical:
Stories of the Moment: Buddhist-inspired Fiction
Caitlin Dwyer
30 April 2015
A Tale for the Time Being, a vibrant novel with strong Buddhist themes, wants the reader to pay attention: “Hi!” the book begins, mimicking a