A Western nun works to establish a monastic community in Portland

Giving gifts to the future

Examining the Tale of Heike

Nurturing Chinese Buddhism in the West

Bidding farewell to one's nearest and dearest, the Theravada way

The changing face of Japanese Buddhism

Visiting an exquisite haven of Buddhism

Raymond Lam reflects on Modi's Buddhist diplomacy

A Tang-era butcher transformed by Shandao

Buddhist Studies in the academy is going through a gradual and understated trend. Yet, this trend is one of the most important stages in its intellectual evolution. Since the 1990s, Buddhist Studies h

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After a long interlude in which the Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha was presumed extinct, the Sri Lankan lineage was re-established in 1998 at Bodhgaya with the help of Chinese Buddhist nuns. Recent progre

  To meet the man named Vello Väärtnõu is to encounter a personal force with a steady burn of passion and strong sense of mission and duty to his religious calling. In decades

Jacqueline Kramer, author of Buddha Mom-the Path of Mindful Mothering and 10 Spiritual Practices for Busy parents, has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 30 years in the Sri Lankan Therava