Buddhistdoor View: Virtues Beyond Just Good Entertainment at the World Cup
Buddhistdoor Global
6 July 2018
Positive lessons from the World Cup and the…
Dalai Lama Joins Second Dialogue between Russian Scientists and Buddhist Scholars
Lyudmila Klasanova
17 May 2018
Forum held under the theme “Understanding…
Kalmyk Musical Performance of the Buddha’s Life Presented in Tuva and Buryatia
Lyudmila Klasanova
23 April 2018
Performance shares a deeper understanding of…
Monks from Drepung Gomang Monastic University Visit Moscow
Lyudmila Klasanova
21 February 2018
Three senior lamas to conduct teachings and…
Education for Enlightenment: An Interview with Prof. Shashi Bala, Part Two
Lyudmila Klasanova
26 January 2018
Scholarship, education, and the Buddhadharma
Buddhist Monks in Ukraine Relocate to the Carpathian Mountains to Escape War in Donbass
BD Dipananda
12 January 2018
Orthodox Christian locals have mixed feelings…
Russia’s Golden Triangle of Buddhism
Lyudmila Klasanova
2 December 2016
Buddhism first came to Russia in the 17th century and became firmly established mainly in three Russian republics, Buryatia, Kalmykia, and Tuva, where it had
International Conference in Tuva Marks Revival of Buddhism in Central Asia
Lyudmila Klasanova
4 November 2016
On 7–9 September, the international scientific conference “Buddhism in the Third Millennium: Trends and Prospects for Development” was held in the sacred land of Tuva.
Buddhistdoor View—One Belt, One Road: Ideas for Buddhist Dialogue across Eurasia
Buddhistdoor Global
24 June 2016
There are many exciting aspects to Chinese president Xi Jinping’s ambitious development framework known as “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR).* A Eurasian economic resurgence could
Letters from Saint Petersburg: Seekers Share Their Stories
Raymond Lam
13 March 2015
The year was 1993, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two years had passed since the heroic city of Leningrad was rechristened Saint
Spiritual Borderlands: Folklore, Identity, and Vajrayana in Southern Siberia
Raymond Lam
17 October 2014
The dizzyingly beautiful Altai Mountains lie across Russian, Chinese, Mongolian, and Kazakh territory. Hüiten Peak is the second-highest summit in this magnificent range, and part
Vodka With My Tantra: Life in Buddhist Russia, 2014
Raymond Lam
22 August 2014
Saint Petersburg’s only Vajrayana temple stands proudly by the northern bank of the chilly Greater Nevka, at the corner of Primorsky Prospect-Maritime Avenue and Lipovaya Alley. Datsan