Book Review: Requisites
Raymond Lam
16 February 2026
An exquisite collection of poetry from Sri Lankan author Ramya Jirasinghe, focused on the sensory aspects of life and spirituality
Thích Minh Tuệ: The Dharma Unadorned
Craig Lewis
29 January 2026
On lived practice: intention, attention, silence, and letting go
Book Review: Gotamī: A Life Rewritten by the Dhamma
Raymond Lam
7 January 2026
A young woman tells her story of her transformation from studious learner of languages to female monastic walking the Burmese path
Thích Minh Tuệ Is a Monk – The Dhamma Has Already Decided
Tayson DeLengocky
15 October 2025
“He Who Keeps the Vow: Dhutanga, Vinaya, and the True Sangha”
Book Review: Buddhist Dances: Movement and Mind, Part 1
Rebecca Wong
13 October 2025
Rebecca Wong explores the most comprehensive book on Buddhist dance and movement heritage from one of BDG’s veteran columnists
The Bow That Shook the Sangha: How Thích Minh Tuệ Stirred a Global Reckoning on Authenticity, Authority, and the Dharma
Tayson DeLengocky
3 September 2025
Tayson DeLengocky offers a commentary on recent events surrounding the pilgrimage to India of the celebrated Vietnamese renunciate
Book Review: Buddhist Masters of Modern China
Raymond Lam
8 August 2025
An indispensable collection of translations and insights into the thinking and lives of modern China’s greatest monastic names
Buddhistdoor View: The Fall of Shaolin’s CEO-Monk and the Dharma-ending Age’s Temptations of Sex and Greed
Buddhistdoor Global
2 August 2025
Despite the politics, Shi Yongxin’s “CEO-monk” persona was always going to collapse under the weight of its own contradictions
A Conversation with a Theravada Bhikkhuni Scholar on the Vinaya: The Core of Buddhist Monastic Identity between Sanctity and History-Bound Transmission
Raymond Lam
10 June 2025
A comprehensive deep dive into the Theravada Vinaya’s nuances around the ordination of women on validity, legality, and legitimacy
Monastic Ordination of Thai King’s Estranged Son Draws Attention Amid Royal Succession Uncertainty
Justin Whitaker
29 May 2025
In a highly public Vesak Day ordination as a Buddhist monk, Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse reemerges in Thai public life amid growing royal succession concerns
So, You Want to Be a Buddhist Author, Eh? Part Two: The Changing Nature of Buddhist Practice
John Harvey Negru
8 May 2025
John Harvey Negru offers a second feature on the changing landscape of Buddhist leadership and publishing in North America
The Legacy of Bana Bhante at the Monastery of Rajban Bihar in Rangamati, Bangladesh
Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury
27 January 2025
Rajban Bihar’s connection to a master of meditative austerity has made it a center of Buddhist pilgrimage and mindfulness practice