The Tendai lineages of Japan

Clarifying the causes of rebirth in the Pure Land

How to understand the arising of faith in Amitabha Buddha

The establishment of a female monastic community in Kathmandu

Reviving Buddhist exchange along the Silk Road

Taking mindfulness further . . .

Advice for Dzogchen practitioners from Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche

Alan Kwan details two methods

PM Narendra Modi seeks to build cultural bridges in Asia

Interview with pristine Pure Land practitioner Thomas Polin

Moving “beyond” religious, cultural, and social differences, the Beyond project is an interfaith musical series created by four women: a “Baptist-Buddhist,” a Hindu, a Christian, and a Tibetan Buddhis

In the winter of the Year of the Snake, 2013, two laywomen accompanied me to Pu Tuo Mountain (普陀山), where we stayed in the Guan Yin Cave Nunnery (guan yin dong 觀音洞). At the time, the sun was

In this three-part series, Pure Land columnist Alan Kwan examines the three most important vows of Amitabha Buddha’s forty-eight vows, which constitute Amitabha’s plan for saving sentient beings. Thes

The fact that thousands of dalits are embracing Buddhism is great news for any lover of non-violence, and for the Buddhist community in particular. It reaffirms the idea that Buddhism is the last refu