The flourishing of a monastic community in Western Australia

A look at one of Thailand's most important religious festivals

Nurturing the garden of Buddhist compassion

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

Enhancing communal harmony at the end of the annual rains retreat

Editor’s note: Jnan Nanda completed his BA Hons from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and his MA from the University of Hong Kong where he presently teaches Reading in Buddhist Sanskrit

The practice of rains-retreat

Part two of a series about the ancient rains-retreat

Part one of a series about of the Buddhist Rains-retreat

Kaṭhina and Kaṭhina kusala   What is meant by Kaṭhina? The Pali term ‘Kaṭhina’ means: strong, strength, hard, solid, rigid, powerful, firm, inflexible, and stiff. Therefore, Kaṭhina kusala means: ‘v

Recently BDI co-hosted a dialogue about controversial contemporary issues with Ven. Thamthog Rinpoche (Vajrayāna), Ven. Tianwen (Mahāyāna), and Ven. Dhammapala (Theravāda). You can read about some of