Book Review: Hakuin’s Song of Zazen
Raymond Lam
14 March 2024
Zen teacher Yamada Mumon Rōshi’s series of essays on Hakuin’s poem receives a rich and faithful English translation
Buddhistdoor View: Potential Directions for Western Buddhism and Global Dharma
Buddhistdoor Global
7 October 2023
Buddhism in the West faces political and philosophical challenges, but this is an opportune time for intellectual and theological renewal
Anagarika Dharmapala: Buddhist Revivalist, Global Missionary, Sinhalese Nationalist
Dipen Barua
23 August 2023
Revivalist, the earliest engaged Buddhist, a nationalist in religious garb, a Buddhist modernist . . Dharmapala was all these and much more
Buddhistdoor View: Buddhism in Asia: A Constant Amid Divergences and Tensions?
Buddhistdoor Global
3 June 2023
How a new entry by Japan into UNESCO’s Memory of the World register demonstrates Buddhism’s uniting power and potential for Asian countries
Buddhistdoor View: Elon Musk, Social Media, and the Buddhist Right
Buddhistdoor Global
3 December 2022
Elon Musk’s cryptic bedside image with a vajra ritual implement invokes an overlapping relationship between Western right-wing movements and reactionary convert communities
Engaged Buddhism: The Role of Spirituality and Faith in a Divided World
Harsha Navaratne
2 December 2022
Harsha Navaratne, chair of the executive committee of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, presents a vision for compassionate social change
Peace, Planet, Pandemic, and Engaged Buddhism: From a Divided Myanmar to a Divided World
Sai Sam Kham
21 November 2022
An examination of the need for solidarity and compassion on the path to fundamental change
Nationalism: Collective Selves and the Promise of Buddhaland
Brian Daizen Victoria
30 September 2022
Looking at how Buddhism has treated nationalism, from ancient empires to modern countries and contemporary movements
Does Buddhism Hold the Instincts for War?
Brian Daizen Victoria
18 May 2022
War and peace As Buddhists observe the latest manifestations of the pain and suffering of war—in Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere—many seek, as an expression of
Engaged Buddhism: INEB Launches Sangha for Peace to Tackle Regional Religious and Ethno-Nationalist Tensions
Craig C Lewis
5 January 2022
INEB announces new collaboration to promote interfaith harmony in South and Southeast Asia.
When Worlds Collide, Can I Say Namaste?
Tilly Campbell-Allen
6 October 2021
Thoughts on identity, nationalism, and nurturing a compassionate society
Buddhistdoor View: Afghanistan – Mourning a Global Failure
Buddhistdoor Global
21 August 2021
Even in failure there are opportunities to learn and to offer help