SPECIAL ISSUE on pioneering Buddhist groups!

Sean Mós talks to Ven. Uganda Buddharakkitha, who has founded the Uganda Buddhist Centre and the Peace School in central Uganda and may be changing the religious landscape of the country.

A saffron-clad Buddhist monk is one of the most common sights in Sri Lanka, where the doctrine of the Buddha has been venerated for over 2,000 years. During the early 1980s, however, a different type

It is already more than a year since Saddhaloka Bhikkhu passed away. He is still greatly missed by all his students, past and present, and by all his friends. His loss is felt particularly keenly by H

When looking for the “Walking Monk”—the peripatetic Buddhist monk wandering the east coast of Australia—Kerry Stewart from ABC ventured out only to have every “red or saffron object” in sight catch he

  The saffron robe of a Theravada Buddhist monastic is instantly recognizable to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. But what is the origin, function and meaning of the design? In ancie

It is easy to overlook the power and weight that symbolic gestures offer. They do not attract as much attention as a large demonstration or a nude body in public. Most symbolic gestures are

When Siddhattha Gotama some 2,500 years ago left his home, a palatial residence in northern India, seeking enlightenment, it is likely he never dreamed that the religion he founded would have a pres