


Hasui and Horticulture: The Contemplative Botanical Art of Lindy B. Pollak
Interacting with the natural world via gardening and…

North of the 49th Parallel: A Review of Lotus Petals in the Snow
Voices of Canadian Buddhist women

Buddhism as a Bridge between India and the World: An Interview with Prof. Shashi Bala, Part One
On the necessity of teaching Buddhism at Indian universities

In the World’s Secret Dharma Service by Living the Infinite “Yes”
How the Dharma steered my odd-jobs career to lend a…

The Daily Practice of a Modern Chinese Buddhist Nun: Keeping the Precepts and Etiquette
Years ago, during a fundraising gala for the Chan Meditation Center, I met Master Sheng Yen’s first Western monastic disciple, Paul Kennedy, and we invited

Filling the Emptiness with Love at the Duc Son Orphanage
Providing a proper home and hope for abandoned children…

The Mind in Language: Jane Hirshfield’s The Beauty
I found myselfsuddenly voluminous,three-dimensioned,a many-roofed building in moonlight. So writes Jane Hirshfield in her collection The Beauty (Knopf 2015). She is describing a startling moment

Dr. Kanae Kawamoto Discusses Theravada, Buddhist Studies, and Healing Society
Buddha’s perspective on suicide and Theravada…

In Between Moments Of Patriarchy . . . Something Special Happens
A precious moment of female-focused inspiration in the…

One Face of Liberation: Buddhist Feminism in Japan
The Zen-inspired activism of Hiratsuka Raichō

Loving your Tick: Book Review of Mindfulness as Medicine
After she was diagnosed with Lyme disease, Sister Dang Nghiem began to experience debilitating symptoms: fatigue, neurological pain, cognitive impairment. As a trained physician, she