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The pioneering work of Jade Buddha Temple in providing care for the dying
Uploaded 23 Jun 2021
Tradition and wealth at a historic Buddhist monastery
Uploaded 31 Mar 2017
A flourishing of Buddhist compassion
Uploaded 26 Aug 2016
Reviving Buddhist exchange along the Silk Road
Uploaded 24 Jun 2016
Hasta Colman recalls her childhood adventures growing up in a Buddhist community in Nova Scotia, and the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Uploaded 21 Dec 2015
The transformative impact of Dharma on living and on art
Uploaded 18 Dec 2015
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
Uploaded 6 Mar 2015
Whether it is his unconventional performance art, his photography, or his sculpture, Chinese artist Zhang Huan’s remarkable repertoire is rebellious, eccentric, controversial—and spiritual, particular
Uploaded 30 Jan 2015
Who is the coolest actor in the world? Tom Cruise? Bruce Willis? Brad Pitt? Johnny Depp, you say? Most of these famous names would have been ignored in 1995— the year that the Los Angeles Times clai
Uploaded 5 Dec 2014
It has been a busy couple of years for one of Europe’s most renowned Tibetan musicians. Recently, the master of contemporary Tibetan mantras completed an interfaith album called Beyond: Buddhist
Uploaded 23 Jul 2014
He came from ArsakesHe came, his camel’s bells jingling, Eastwards from enigmatic Persian lands. He descended from his royal throne, Sparrows twittering as his brick-red robe fell acr
Uploaded 14 Feb 2014
“Modern Japan simply was cyberpunk. The Japanese themselves knew it and delighted in it. I remember my first glimpse of Shibuya, when one of the young Tokyo journalists who had ta
Uploaded 31 Dec 2013
The author has spent many years in China as a ‘bridge builder’, that is, being a bridge between East and West and introducing Pure Land Buddhism to a Western audience. He has watched many people come
Uploaded 1 Dec 2013