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When cultures converge . . .
Uploaded 31 Mar 2017
The remarkable life of a fearless explorer
Uploaded 30 Sep 2016
The search for community as a monastic and as a layperson
Uploaded 13 May 2016
Getting enlightened through art
Uploaded 11 Mar 2016
Guillaume Rozenberg investigates the intriguing cult of weikza
Uploaded 23 Oct 2015
I met Mawlavi Faiz, the chief caretaker and Imam of the Red Mosque in Kandy, on his way out after the evening prayers. On being asked his reaction to recent events in the southern towns of Aluthgama a
Uploaded 13 Mar 2015
Buddhist Studies in the academy is going through a gradual and understated trend. Yet, this trend is one of the most important stages in its intellectual evolution. Since the 1990s, Buddhist Studies h
Uploaded 21 Nov 2014
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
Uploaded 17 Oct 2014
About the ACLS Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a private, non-profit federation of 72 national learned societies. As representative of American scholarship, the A
Uploaded 17 Oct 2014
The great Buddhist heritage of Russia
Uploaded 22 Aug 2014
Pilgrimage is not technically done for personal enjoyment. The fun comes as a corollary to rigor (few to no holy sites are located in comfortable or lush locations), the difficulties of travel, and so
Uploaded 7 May 2014
Interview with Mrs. Meiyin Lee on China's endangered cultures
Uploaded 15 Apr 2014
As an anthropologist and artist, the individualistic and community-focused elements of pilgrimage journeys, which seem to meander easily between the personal and the communal, fascinate me. I am drawn
Uploaded 7 Mar 2014
Editor's note: Stella Peters is a writer/photographer from Amsterdam who focuses on inequality and human interest stories. She is currently studying anthropology in an Advanced master’s programme at K
Uploaded 15 Oct 2013