Buddhistdoor's interview with a revered Karma Kagyu and Nyingma master

His Holiness shares his thoughts on the future of female monasticism

Celebrating the achievements of one of Vajryayana Buddhism's great teachers

Ordaining in the Mahayana tradition as a Vajrayana practitioner

The dangers of using monasticism as a social safety net

Samaneri Gautami on her path towards becoming a bhikkhuni

Samaneri Gautami on her path to becoming a bhikkhuni

In September 2014, I traveled to the Tibetan colony of Bir with another photographer, Jagdev Singh. On the one hand, we attended teachings on “The Twelve Nidanas, or Twelve Links of Dependent Arising,

Atish Dipankar was a Buddhist master, scholar, and philosopher

On the way to Vienna for the 17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) in the early morning of 18 August, the good memories of the 16th Congress at Dharma Drum Mountain

 It is beautiful to see a flower unfold and open from the sun’s light and earth’s moisture. It is a sight at once special but normal, natural, and necessary. For thousands of