Zen practitioner Ilya Vasilyev jailed in Moscow after calling for peace in Ukraine, citing Buddhist ethics.
While Sri Lanka protects the freedom of religion for all citizens, Buddhism holds special privileges in its constitution
Russian academic Alexey Maslov examines how Russian Buddhism and the Saint Petersburg school of Buddhist Studies have developed
How a fateful persecution decimated Pure Land…
Russia’s only extant Buddhist temple from pre-Soviet times
JTS works to improve living conditions at refugee camp
Dr. Terentyev’s third article in this series builds on the historical tensions between successive Russian administrations and the country’s Buddhist communities, which climaxed in the
