Introducing a new column on the teachings of Theravada Buddhism

Propagating the Chan tradition in Britain

Re-establishing the fourfold sangha

Witnessing the revival of the female monasticism in the Buddhist world

On being where we are

Interview with a pioneering Western Buddhist nun

A tribute to a respected master

A photographic journey into remote Himalayan Buddhist communities

Elbe Lau's pilgrimage in the Jonangpa tradition

Part seven of the extraordinary life of Ani Zamba Chozom!

“Although my view is higher than the sky, My attention to cause and effect is finer than flour.” - Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava)   As our pilgrimage through central Tibet proceeded towards Samye

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

Pilgrimage is a mysterious thing. It has a very simple outer level that is sheerly pragmatic. One makes a journey to a particular place in a particular timeframe, with all the logistics involved. And

When I was a nun at the Seon (Zen) temple Songgwangsa, I would often take a walk up the steep hill that led to Bulilam, the hermitage of Beopjeong Sunim (1932–2010). Venerable Beopjeong was a renowned