Igniting the flame

A Western nun works to establish a monastic community in Portland

The final part of this exciting series!

The changing face of Japanese Buddhism

Introduction   There are some satisfactory definitions of ‘crime’ and ‘criminal'. But the question of ‘what is a crime ?’ has baffled thinkers on ethics for centur

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 1, October 2006. In which sense can we speak of a characteristically Sri Lankan Buddhist tradition? In answering

How nuns have been valued since the early Sangha