Charting changing attitudes towards animal rights in a Buddhist nation

A path to inner freedom through accepting and embracing imperfection

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) is terrifying for many reasons. It is particularly frightening because of its macabre appeal to youth around the world, who should have little reason to sneak aw

It’s been several years since I read Heinrich Harrer’s classic, Seven Years in Tibet (1953).   Amidst Harrer’s dramatic journey through Tibet’s soaring mountain peaks, harrowing political landscape

I got the upsetting news on July 7, 2013 at around 8.30 a.m. — Terror struck Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya: a series of blasts had left two monks injured.   The first thought in my mind