Freda Bedi: The Making of a Buddhist Nun
Andrew Whitehead
12 August 2016
Fifty years ago, an English woman, Freda Bedi, became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun some time after
The Way of Ordinary Life: An Interview with Karen Maezen Miller
Caitlin Dwyer
5 August 2016
When she first walked into the 100-year-old Japanese garden, abandoned and overgrown, hidden behind an old house in Los Angeles, American author and Zen teacher
The Gift of Sight, the Gift of Dhamma
Shuyin
29 July 2016
It’s 7am on a Saturday and already about 200 people have gathered at Myantaung Monastery in Pantanaw, about a 2-1/2 hour drive from Myanmar’s capital
Liu Yingzhao and Buddhist Alchemy: A Silicon Valley Executive Talks Spirituality and Integration
Raymond Lam
29 July 2016
Like any executive, Liu Yingzhao, design director at LinkedIn, has rules for her team. But they are not your usual rules: “Practice with simplicity; test
A Tribute to Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche
Ani Jinba Palmo
22 July 2016
This article is published to coincide with the birthday of Trulshik Rinpoche’s yangsi on 25 July. Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, Ngawang Chökyi Lodro (1924–2011), was the incarnation of
Offering Welcome: Ayya Tathaloka
Caitlin Dwyer
8 July 2016
The confluence of NIKE and Theravada Buddhist ordination is perhaps a rare occurrence. Yet the famous sports slogan once helped a young woman at a
Mental Interplay: Venerable Analayo on Mindfulness and Memory
Raymond Lam
30 June 2016
Venerable Analayo is a sharp and perceptive monk. An active campaigner for bhikkhuni ordination, he is one of the most important Buddhist intellectuals in the
The Journey of Women Going Forth into the Bhikkhuni Order in Bangladesh, Part 3: The Bhikkhuni Order Is Established
John Cannon
24 June 2016
This article forms part of the “Buddhist Voices from the Land of Rivers” series, which is based on visits by the authors to Buddhist sites
Tensions Between Literary Creation and Buddhist Practice—Ramya Jirasinghe Talks about Poetry, Dharma, and Why She Writes
Raymond Lam
20 May 2016
During my years of watching and analyzing the Buddhist world, one observation has consistently come to mind: Buddhists have been slow to make art for
Buddhist Frontiers: At the Edges of the Buddhist World
buddhistdoor
25 December 2015
The idea for this special issue originated a year or so ago in our editorial chief executive’s office on the ground floor of Wang Fat Ching She, the Buddhist temple in Hong Kong where Buddhistdoor Global is based.
The Wisdom of No Escape: Growing up in the Remote Kingdom of Shambhala*
Hasta Colman
21 December 2015
Hasta Colman recalls her childhood adventures…
A New Wave: The Birth of Buddhism in Uganda
Sean Mós
21 December 2015
Sean Mós talks to Ven. Uganda Buddharakkitha…