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A Century of Light: The Life and Reforms of Śīlālaṅkāra Mahāthera (1900–2000), 8th Saṅgharāja of Bangladesh

Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury 15 June 2026

Born at the dawn of the 20th century and dying at the start of the 21st, this master was devoted to major reforms in Bangladesh

Robert Aitken: From POW to Zen Master

Victor M. Parachin 15 February 2023

Looking back on the life of an American immersed in Zen: a representative of the post-war union of Japanese Zen and American culture

Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams. Image courtesy of Duncan Ryuken Williams

American Sutra: On the Incarceration of Japanese Americans in WWII

Harsha Menon, MA, MFA 23 May 2019

An interview with author Duncan Ryuken Williams

Japanese Americans arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro, 1942. Evacuees lived at this center at the former Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to relocation centers. From archives.gov

The Birth of an American Form of Buddhism: The Japanese-American Buddhist Experience in World War II

Justin Whitaker 9 May 2019

The evolution of Japanese Buddhism in America

Image courtesy of Valeriya Gazizova

Cultural Autonomy and Spiritual Revival in Kalmykia: A Conversation with Valeriya Gazizova

Raymond Lam 5 March 2019

Insights on the Buddhist revival in the heart of…