On the question of Buddhist detachment

Humanistic Buddhism comes to Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, and many other countries

A look at one of Thailand's most important religious festivals

A one-man army who aims to reform Buddhist education in Asia

Anyone unfamiliar with the richness of Buddhist practice in Southeast Asia would do well to visit this unusual exhibition currently on at the British Museum in London. Buddhist art of this region rare

I sat on a hardened cushion inhaling the vapor of burning incense in the main prayer hall of The Paramita International Buddhist Centre in Kadugannawa, a town in my home country of Sri Lanka. It was t

Religion and meditation in woven art

All religious traditions claim to exert moral and spiritual authority. Most of the great world faiths also like to believe they are aligned with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United N

When my elders retold to me Bangladesh’s struggle for independence, I was regaled with the fundamental principles that make an independent nation-state worth living in. One of these was religious plur

Editor’s note: Jnan Nanda completed his BA Hons from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and his MA from the University of Hong Kong where he presently teaches Reading in Buddhist Sanskrit

Who better to teach us about love than a modern master who once found himself in the same turbulent situation? There are many who might wonder what a “non-attached” monk like Thich Nhat Hanh has to sa

As a religion that can claim to be truly ancient, Buddhism has displayed a remarkable adaptability to different cultures and epochs. Skilful means (upaya) denotes a certain clever and hardy attitude,

One of the more irksome things about contemporary living is the constant, gleeful denigration of the individual state of solitude. Instead of being praised as an essential part of good spiritual livin

Deer Park is the name of a park in Varanasi, India, the site of present-day Sarnath.  The Deer Park was also called Rishi-patana or ‘the place where hermits gather’.  This is the place where Śākyamuni