Anti-Myanmar Junta Buddhist Monk Sayadaw Ashin Arriyawuntha Biwunsa Dies in Exile Aged 71
Justin Whitaker
3 November 2022
Sayadaw Ashin Arriyawuntha Biwunsa was one of Myanmar’s most accomplished and respected monks
“Lived Karma: Situating Interbeing in Society” Conference Held at Dartmouth College
Jessica Zu, PhD
28 October 2022
Academic conference on karma at Dartmouth covers interpersonal and universal karma, affinities, discourses, processes, and imaginaries, as well as collective karma as a tool of political mobilization in past and present Buddhism
Michigan Professor Earns Fulbright Funding to Study Buddhist Migration and Identity
Justin Whitaker
18 August 2022
Dr. Keune’s project will focus on Dalit or Ambedkarite Buddhists as they travel beyond India’s borders for education, work, and more
Khyentse Foundation Honors Erik Pema Kunsang with 2022 Khyentse Fellowship
Craig C Lewis
8 August 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
Khyentse Foundation Awards University of Sydney US$3.5 Million to Continue Funding Tibetan Buddhist Scholarship
Justin Whitaker
28 July 2022
The award generously ensures the future of Tibetan Buddhist studies at the university for 20 years
The Hidden Buddha
Gereon Kopf
7 July 2022
An academic account of finding religion and spiritual beings and forces in Japan’s supposedly areligious society
Book Review: Steven Heine’s Dogen
Nina Müller
21 December 2021
A scholar brings us the life and context of one of Zen’s greatest figures
Buddhist Scholar Duncan Ryuken Williams Wins Prestigious Grawemeyer Religion Prize
Justin Whitaker
14 December 2021
Williams documented the sorrows, hopes, and lives of many of the 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry imprisoned in the United States during WWII
Buddhistdoor View: Scholarship Heals the World: Self-Reflection for Buddhist Studies
Buddhistdoor Global
4 December 2021
The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) Centre of Buddhist Studies recently held a conference titled “Buddhist Canons: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation for a
Khyentse Foundation Celebrates 20 Years in the Service of the Buddhadharma
Craig C Lewis
8 November 2021
Every single word spoken by the Buddha is excellent and precious. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Khyentse Foundation, a nonprofit founded by the renowned Bhutanese lama, filmmaker,
American-born Indian Scholar of Ambedkarite Buddhism and Gender Equality Gail Omvedt Dies Aged 80
Justin Whitaker
26 August 2021
Omvedt’s love for oppressed communities in India built a legacy of scholarship and activism
84000 Founds Assistant Professorship in Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto
Craig C Lewis
21 July 2021
Strengthening the reach and relevance of Buddhist studies…