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New Korean Buddhist Temple to Open in Bodh Gaya, India

Justin Whitaker 19 May 2022

New temple will be part of a broad initiative by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism to revive Buddhism in Korea

Does Buddhism Hold the Instincts for War?

Brian Daizen Victoria 18 May 2022

War and peace As Buddhists observe the latest manifestations of the pain and suffering of war—in Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere—many seek, as an expression of

The Dry Lake

Lluís Nansen Salas 28 March 2022

An intimate account of the rise and decline of one of Europe’s first centers of Zen Buddhism

Afghanistan’s Mes Aynak Archaeological Site Threatened as Mining Talks Resume

Craig C Lewis 16 March 2022

Negotiations between Afghanistan’s new Taliban government and China’s state-owned China Metallurgical Group Corp. (MCC) and its publicly listed subsidiary Metallurgical Corp. of China are underway

Nabji, Part One: Bearing Relics

Joseph Houseal 12 March 2022

Beginning a new series on the ancient cultural and Buddhist heritage of Nabji in Bhutan

Association of Korean Buddhist Orders Publishes Buddhist National Treasures of Korea

Craig C Lewis 11 March 2022

The Association of Korean Buddhist Orders has announced the publication of Buddhist National Treasures of Korea. This new 480-page volume of cultural heritage catalogues the

Self and Other: Practicing Welfare for Individual and Community

Dipen Barua 25 February 2022

The Buddha’s teaching was, on the surface, aimed at wandering mendicants (Skt: sramana). Yet it differed drastically from the sramanic religious movements that came before,