The flourishing of a monastic community in Western Australia

Witnessing the revival of the bhikkhuni order

Visions and revelations from Bodh Gaya

The Shakya clan, to which the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, belonged, has a long history. Today, the Shakya people live mainly in Nepal and around Sankisa in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.

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.

Ven. Hsin Tao strives for peace and understanding through interfaith dialogue

Buddhists in Europe must lead by example in the face of appalling tragedy

An examination of equal opportunity for ordination and Buddhist education for women

Samaneri Gautami on her path to becoming a bhikkhuni

The Buddha is renowned as an accomplished teacher, and his sole purpose was to propagate the truth of life as he understood it. The Ariyapariyesana Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya (Collection of middle-l

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

There is a lounge bistro bar in downtown Brisbane called Jade Buddha. I was studying theology at university when I first went there. We were in sneakers and jeans, stalking the streets for a cheap pin

In Buddhist Studies, a narrative I believe to be erroneous dominates the sub-discipline of Indo-Tibetan research. The story goes that Buddhism disappeared from the Indian subcontinent completely after

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