Dance for a Passing World
Joseph Houseal
10 September 2022
Zen and the art of capturing the fleeting nature of life
Buddhist Voices in the Climate Crisis: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Hozan Alan Senauke
8 September 2022
Drawing on wisdom of the Buddhist teaching and the strength of our sangha to respond with compassion and wise action to the growing global climate crisis
Prof. Luis Gómez, Prof. Paul Harrison Win Khyentse Foundation 2022 Prize for Outstanding Translation
Craig C Lewis
7 September 2022
Khyentse Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the renowned Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and author Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, announced that it has awarded this year’s Khyentse
Two Pavilions at UNESCO-listed Buddhist Mountain Monastery in Korea to be Designated National Treasures
Craig C Lewis
31 August 2022
Two ancient pavilions at the seventh century Korean Buddhist mountain temple Buseok-sa (부석사) will be officially designated as National Treasures, South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration
Can Those Who Commit the Five Gravest Transgressions and Slander the Right Dharma be Reborn in the Pure Land?
Alan Kwan
17 August 2022
Resolving a seeming contradiction in two Pure Land scriptures of whether committers of two grave offences can be reborn in the Pure Land
Bon Odori: A Dance with the Ancestors
Joseph Houseal
13 August 2022
A colorful look into the Buddhist roots of one of Japan’s most iconic festivals
Integrating Meditation And Peace Work
Jungto Society
11 August 2022
Learning to cultivate peace on and off the meditation mat
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Shares Compassion with 3,000 Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
Craig C Lewis
5 August 2022
Continuing its response to the ongoing refugee crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Taiwan-headquartered charity and humanitarian organization Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation recently
Soka Gakkai President Urges Nuclear States to Commit to “No First Use” of Nuclear Arms
Craig C Lewis
29 July 2022
The president of the socially engaged Japanese Nichiren Buddhist organization the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), Daisaku Ikeda, on Tuesday issued a statement urging all nuclear
Swiss Shin: Reverend Ducor and Switzerland’s Only Shin Buddhist Temple
Ruth Nilsson-Ladner
27 July 2022
Introducing the only Shin temple in Switzerland and its priest
Pure Land Master Chin Kung Dies in Taipei Aged 95
Craig C Lewis
26 July 2022
Venerable Chi Gung, a venerated master of the Pure Land tradition of Mahayana Buddhism died in the early hours of Tuesday in Taipei at the age of 95.
16th Century “Magic Mirror” Reveals a Hidden Buddha Image
Craig C Lewis
25 July 2022
A centuries-old bronze mirror at the Cincinnati Art Museum has revealed an illuminating secret, reflecting a diaphanous Buddha image