A question of identity

One of the first Western women to be ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition

Finding the middle way to a more inclusive future

Reviving Buddhist exchange along the Silk Road

Demystifying meditation for Western Buddhists

Lessons to take from the Pope

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

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.   --- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)   The Mahindarama Buddhist Temple is located in the beautiful city of Penang

This is not a political statement. It has no ulterior motive, it seeks to provoke no immediate reaction “for” or “against” this or that side in the Vietnam war. It is on the co