Introducing children to the concept of karma

Charting changing attitudes towards animal rights in a Buddhist nation

A comprehensive study of a spectacular excavation of Buddhist history

An ambitious study of Buddhist art and archaeology in India

The transformative impact of Dharma on living and on art

Acquiring real and pure merit and virtue for rebirth in Amitabha’s Pure Land

The story of Patacara inspires American Buddhists to provide refuge for the homeless

Ngödup Burkhar on His Holiness the 16th Karmapa

False assumptions, ignorance, and unintentional harm

An archetypal three-way relationship between a shapeshifting girl and two monks

First-time travelers to Bangkok like myself surely won’t miss the opportunity to visit treasures like Wat Pho (The Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Wat Arun (The Temple of Dawn), Wat Saket (The Temple

Tibetan Vajrayana imagery, for the most part, illustrates fantastical literary texts by reflecting metaphor and symbolism. Notions of aesthetic achievement and the sense of beauty within this traditio

“Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones—all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake.   When we think that the rope is a snake, we are scared, but

In the winter of the Year of the Snake, 2013, two laywomen accompanied me to Pu Tuo Mountain (普陀山), where we stayed in the Guan Yin Cave Nunnery (guan yin dong 觀音洞). At the time, the sun was