Integrating spiritual and secular education in Siberia

A meeting of two spiritual traditions in the center of Asia

The flourishing of the Buddhist tradition in the Russian Federation

Republic of Tuva hosts landmark Buddhist conference

Unique insights from the driving force behind the restoration of Buddhism in Kalmykia

Lore, history, and society at the far reaches of the Buddhist world

In late August, the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) held its 17th Congress at the University of Vienna. The event was attended by an international body of scholars with wide-rangi

The great Buddhist heritage of Russia

Interview with Prof. Lee Chack-fan

Editor’s note: Bakaeva Elza Petrovna has a PhD in History and is Deputy Director of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian Federation, Republic of Kalmykia, El

A four-part series on the Buddhist diffusion in Russia!

The conflict between Buddhism and Communism reaches a climax

In a past article, I suggested a three-point plan that ambitious and gifted Buddhist leaders could consider implementing for an authentic “21st Century Buddhism”. These were: help pro