A visit to one of the great sites of Chinese Buddhism

A look at why India-Nepal relations have deteriorated over Buddhist interests

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

I first came across Pure Land Buddhism about five years ago, during a chance meeting of a Buddhist monk in Shanghai China. I had at that stage of my life reached a depth of despair after a relati

Today on the 3rd of August, the Most Venerable Sheng Yi (聖一老和尚) passed away peacefully at 2:46am, aged 88 (according to the Western calendar. Tradition adds three years, including the additional year