The first challenge I encountered during the first year of my monastic training as a postulant was overcoming the discomfort from the clothes we wore.
The state authorities have reportedly appointed Communist Party and government officials to take up key management and supervisory positions at the monastic academy.
In the wake of state-ordered action to reduce the monastic population of the world-famous Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in western China’s Sichuan Province, recent media
Preserving an 82-year-old temple that continues to…
There is a Western Tibetan nun presently working to establish a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in the US state of Maine. Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma is the
Just 45 minutes outside of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, lies a sprawling acreage of dry forest. Fires can scorch the forest in
Buddhism has become an established part of the Western religious landscape, although as recently as the 20th century it was difficult for many people to imagine
The inspiring story of the founding of Great Vow…
According to the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center, 18.2 per cent of China’s population—that is 224 million people—are Buddhists, accounting for about half of the
It is impossible to overstate the profound difference that Tsoknyi Rinpoche has made in the lives of the young nuns of Tsoknyi Gechak Ling, a
Following Ajahn Brahm’s much-anticipated visit to the UK, the team at Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project are moving nearer to their aim of establishing a bhikkhuni monastery
The tall and robust teacher of Ajahn Chah’s forest tradition speaks with a typically blokeish Aussie accent, however the words of wisdom and compassion he
