Can contemporary leaders see the humanity of asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants in a world in great need of compassion and wisdom?
The Dalai Lama has been invited to a major international conference in Mumbai after honoring the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad held a press conference calling for the national election to be fair, unbiased, and violence-free.
Nearly 1,500 signatures, including many from prominent Buddhist teachers in the US, call for an immediate ceasefire
Bringing solar energy to Sri Lanka’s religious sites will be a key feature of the new agreement
The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan
Exploring ethical affinities between Buddhism and human rights as the Middle East enters a new phase of brutality
Maryland is now home to the first Ambedkar statue in the United States and the largest one outside of India
BDG columnist Sarah C. Beasley reviews the latest film from Bhutanese filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji, about Bhutan’s transition to a democracy in 2006
The Indian-born congressman hopes the group can counter religious and cultural bias in the United States
A Buddhist assessment of the implications of the recent U.S.-Vietnam statement of cooperation
Famed Buddhist human rights advocate and political leader has been in prison or house arrest for much of the last 35 years
