The US$50,000 grant will be used to translate classical Chinese Buddhist texts and develop meditation retreats across the country
Exploring the present circumstances of Buddhist traditions in Southeast Asia—A discussion of the Dharma’s diffusion in Malaysia
Looking back on the celebrations and festivities for one of Taiwan’s most important Buddhist organizations
Laurence Brahm discusses his new rock band, Shambhala, and his strategy of bringing Dharma to younger Chinese audiences
Rebecca Wong explores the line drawn masterpieces of one of modern China’s great artistic scholars, who brought to life Dunhuang’s “baimiao”
State prosecutors in central China’s Henan Province, have indicted Shi Yongxin, the former abbot of the Shaolin Temple for financial misconduct.
The six-movement performance tells the story of the Japanese master who brought esoteric Buddhism from China to Japan
The study of a long-lost Buddhist civilization is experiencing a revival thanks to a new cohort of passionate scholars
An indispensable collection of translations and insights into the thinking and lives of modern China’s greatest monastic names
Despite the politics, Shi Yongxin’s “CEO-monk” persona was always going to collapse under the weight of its own contradictions
The once-celebrated leader of Shaolin Temple has been detained by police and disrobed by Buddhist authorities in Henan province
Alan Kwan presents a case for understanding the Pure Land scriptures on their own terms: as vehicles to Amitabha Buddha
