Buddhists Release Sea Life near Boston, Raising Environmental Concerns
Justin Whitaker
22 May 2019
Practitioners say the act is one of compassion, but some…
Thai Dog with Miraculous Karma Saved at Sea
Justin Whitaker
17 April 2019
Rescued 220 km from shore in the Gulf of Thailand
Powered by Plants: Realistic Individual Action for the Earth
Shaelyn McHugh
25 February 2019
Why eating vegetables is even healthier than you…
Environmental Expert Warns that Buddhist Practice of Life Release Could Spark Ecological Crisis
Craig Lewis
21 January 2019
The unintended consequences of…
The Dignity of Companion Sentient Beings
Raymond Lam
14 December 2018
Recalibrating our assumptions about…
A Vote for Compassion
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
14 October 2016
With the US election on 8 November less than a month away, Americans are readying to go to the polls to elect the country’s next
Reinstating Animal Rights in Sri Lanka
Sean Mós
30 June 2016
On 24 May 2013, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk named Bowatte Indrarathana self-immolated in front of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, demanding an
Rethinking Life Release
Shuyin
27 August 2015
In recent years, the Buddhist practice of life release, or in Chinese, fangsheng (放生), has become a highly contentious topic, pitting life release advocates against environmentalists, animal