A blossoming of Buddhism in the United States

How the life of Dao'an reflects the transmission of Buddhism to China

An ambitious initiative to build a spectacular Khmer Buddhist temple in America

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.

The time has come for Buddhist NGOs and the UN to foster a new and unique relationship

Master Empty Cloud, or Xu Yun (虚雲), was born in Fujian Province in southern China during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), on 26 August 1840. This was the time of the first Opium War, when Hong Kong

Praises to the Twenty-One Taras—aspects of the Swift Savioress, the feminine manifestations of enlightenment, who protect living beings from epidemics, wars, famines, bad dreams, insanity, and other m

Editor's note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008.   Email:bdsaddhananda@yahoo.com ‘The earliest doctrinal elemen

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 1, October 2006. In which sense can we speak of a characteristically Sri Lankan Buddhist tradition? In answering

Reviving the nuns' order in Sri Lanka

  Globalization is the latest expression of a long-standing strategy of development based on economic growth and liberalization of trade and finance. Globalization leads to the globalization of eco

Modern Buddhism has become an intrinsic part of a globalized world. With its philosophy of the way of life, it takes special place in human and cultural identity. Buddhism in modern times ha