Light Up Peace: Vesak Day Celebration at Washington DC
Raymond Lam
13 May 2024
A Vesak commemoration in Washington DC to celebrate diversity, foster unity and understanding, and embrace unity, peace, and hope
Eight Weeks of Engaged Buddhism: A Dharma Bum Temple Program
Kassidy Evans
19 March 2024
Dharma Bum Temple’s Engaged Buddhist Training Program provides an eight-week long initiative ending with refuge and vow ceremonies
Skillfully Bringing Buddhism to the West: San Diego’s Dharma Bum Temple, Part Two
Kassidy Evans
20 February 2024
How a local Buddhist temple in San Diego is bringing the heart of authentic Buddhist practice to American seekers
Skillfully Bringing Buddhism to the West: San Diego’s Dharma Bum Temple, Part One
Kassidy Evans
2 February 2024
How a local Buddhist temple in San Diego is bringing the heart of authentic Buddhist practice to American seekers
An Interview with the Head Dharma Master of Won Buddhism USA
Grace Song
30 January 2024
Venerable Juksanim shares his positive outlook and plans for the development of Won Buddhism in the United States
Another Buddha Takes Parinirvana – Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
Sarah C. Beasley
9 January 2024
Sarah C. Beasley offers a moving tribute to the renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
A Pure Land on the Rhine: Rev. Marc Nottellmann and the Eko House
Pearl Delores Smith Farmer
22 December 2023
Rev. Marc Nottellmann of Eko House in Düsseldorf speaks with BDG at the 20th European Shin Buddhist Conference
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
Book Review: Turning Words: Transformative Encounters with Buddhist Teachers
Raymond Lam
9 June 2023
Hozan Alan Senauke’s new book on 30 luminaries of the Zen tradition in Western Buddhism is based on the koanic idea of turning words
Book Review: GEMS: An Introduction to Canadian Buddhism for Young People and the Young at Heart
Kimberly Beek
24 May 2023
A new book by three veteran Canadian Buddhist teachers contextualizing the Buddhist diffusion through Canada
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
Book Review: Poetry and Zen: Letters and Uncollected Writings of R. H. Blyth
Raymond Lam
8 July 2022
A look at Norman Waddell’s new anthology of letters, essays, and more from R. H. Blyth