Don Farber’s Portraits of Buddhist Life
Meher McArthur
9 June 2017
The black silhouette of a shaven-headed priest, hands clasped in prayer as he looks out toward Mount Fuji’s snowy summit; a line of orange-clad monks bearing
Found in Translation: Annie Bien
Caitlin Dwyer
26 May 2017
Annie Bien was just 18 months when her family immigrated to the United States via New York. Coming from Hong Kong, the Bien family was
Buddhistdoor View: Politics as Public Mindfulness—Engaging with Dissatisfaction and Non-attachment
Buddhistdoor Global
26 May 2017
Politics has always been a part of people’s lives, but today the relevance of politics feels more pronounced when compared with the relatively quiet late
The Difference Age Makes
Vanessa Sasson
19 May 2017
Life is pain. That is the first noble truth. Like most practitioners and scholars of Buddhism, I have given that truth a considerable amount of
The North American Buddhist Alliance: Seeking Togetherness in Diversity
Justin Whitaker
19 May 2017
Seeking to make sense of Buddhism in North America quickly leads one on an exciting yet complex journey. Buddhism here carries with it 2,500 years
Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma: Serving the Dharma and Sowing the Seeds of Monasticism in the West
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
12 May 2017
There is a Western Tibetan nun presently working to establish a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in the US state of Maine. Khenmo Konchog Nyima Drolma is the
A Path to Peace: The Engaged Buddhism of Venerable Tajay Bongsa
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
21 April 2017
During the Education and Buddhist Ministry Conference at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in April 2015, Professor Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures,
Buddhistdoor View: Honoring the Lessons of Martin Luther King Jr. for Today’s World
Buddhistdoor Global
13 April 2017
By the time this editorial is published, it will be exactly a week since US president Donald Trump launched missile strikes against Syria. It might
Rediscovering Lamaism — The Western Relationship with Tibetan Buddhism
Marion Dapsance
31 March 2017
In 1895, a British army officer published a book titled The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in its
A Vow Without a Wristwatch: Jan Chozen Bays
Caitlin Dwyer
31 March 2017
The inspiring story of the founding of Great Vow…
Adornment as Offering — The Felted Jewelry of Iva Hladis
Sarah C. Beasley
24 March 2017
The story of a jewelry artist on embodying the sensual and…
Threads of Generosity — The Work of Artist Lee Mingwei
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
17 March 2017
Buddhist expression in sound and beauty