Beginner’s Mind: Connecting with Interconnection
Isabella Livits
22 March 2023
A US college student shares about her early encounters with Buddhism and how she is engaging with what she has learned
Je Khenpo Confers MAs on First Cohort of Monks from Bhutan’s Postgraduate Program in Buddhist Studies
Craig C Lewis
6 March 2023
His Holiness the Je Khenpo conferred master’s degrees on 30 monks representing the first cohort from Bhutan’s post-graduate program in Buddhist studies.
Modern Koans
John Harvey Negru
1 March 2023
Navigating an increasingly impersonal and consumeristic society with the wisdom of Buddhist practice and educational foresight
Beginner’s Mind: Self-Compassion: Learning to Hear Myself
Surya Anna Bromley
27 February 2023
A US college student confronts impermanence, and explores compassionate responses to attachment and aversion
Seattle Becomes the First US City to Bar Caste Discrimination
Justin Whitaker
23 February 2023
Caste discrimination has existed for millennia in South Asia, despite efforts from reformers such as B.R. Ambedkar, and it is following many people around the world
Buddhistdoor View: The Place of Expertise and Experience in Buddhism Today
Buddhistdoor Global
21 January 2023
On the ongoing debate over who controls Buddhist thought and practice in the modern, secular, and scientific world
Beginner’s Mind: Reflections on My Evolution in Buddhism
Allyson Rosenblum
30 December 2022
A US college student reflects on her changing perspective on the Buddhist teaching and its manifestations around the world
University of Hong Kong Announces New Buddhist Studies Lecture Series for 2023: “Buddhism and the Senses.”
Craig C Lewis
13 December 2022
The Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong has announced a new series of lectures titled “Buddhism and the Senses.”
Beginner’s Mind: Where Did Buddhism Take You?
Aidan Bloomstine
30 November 2022
A college student in the US shares how a course in Buddhist Modernism changed their relationship with impermanence
“Lived Karma: Situating Interbeing in Society” Conference Held at Dartmouth College
Jessica Zu, PhD
28 October 2022
Academic conference on karma at Dartmouth covers interpersonal and universal karma, affinities, discourses, processes, and imaginaries, as well as collective karma as a tool of political mobilization in past and present Buddhism
Harvard Divinity School’s Buddhist Ministry Initiative Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Justin Whitaker
20 October 2022
The Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School celebrates its unique role in training Buddhist leaders to serve in a variety of roles outside of academia
Northwestern University Hosts Lotsawa Translation Workshop on Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition
Lyudmila Klasanova
19 October 2022
The second Lotsawa Translation Workshop, titled “Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition,” was held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from 13-16 October.