


India Plans “First-Ever” Global Buddhist Conference in November
Prime minister to present new Award for Promotion of Buddhist Studies

The Heritage of Buddhist Women in Mongolia: A Conversation with Kunze Chimed
Recognizing the attainments and contributions of Buddhist women

A Short History of the Buddhist Publication Society
Sharing the treasures of the Pali Canon

Of Scriptures and Enchantment: An Interview with Sam van Schaik on a Grimoire of Magic Spells from Dunhuang
Sam Van Schaik discusses the union of Buddhism and magic in a groundbreaking study of Dunhuang traditions

American Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman to Receive India’s Padma Shri Award
Thurman recognized for his contributions to Indo-Tibetan…

An Early Modern Buddhist Novel: Alexandra David-Neel’s Hidden Fictional Diary of an Actress
A missing link of the entangled literary history…

Buddhist Digital Resource Center, Internet Archive Share World’s Largest Collection of Tibetan Buddhist Literature
Online resource freely available to all

Who Am I — Self-discovery in Japanese Zen Practice
The Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200–53) famously said, “To study the Buddha way is to study the self.”* A popular meditation manual known and used

Samurai and Monks: Lessons in Impermanence
In the last few weeks, I have been teaching the Tale of Heike (Heike monogatari) to my students at Luther College. The Tale of Heike is central to Japanese

Buddhism and Creative Writing, Part Two
James Sanford and his colleagues in their wonderful volume Flowing Traces (Sanford et al 1992, p.3) point out that “Buddhism’s beginnings in Japan had the arts at

How to Read Japanese Buddhist Texts?
In this article, I would like to reflect on how to read Japanese Buddhist texts. To explain my strategies for approaching texts distant in time,