Changing Mindsets: Tashi Zangmo and the Bhutan Nuns Foundation
Caitlin Dwyer
16 May 2018
Empowering female monastics in Bhutan
Dalai Lama Lauds Hindu Priest’s Gesture of Equality for Bearing Dalit Man into Temple
Craig C Lewis
24 April 2018
His Holiness praises kindness and…
One Face of Liberation: Buddhist Feminism in Japan
Gereon Kopf
30 October 2017
The Zen-inspired activism of Hiratsuka Raichō
A Moment with Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne
Shuyin
14 July 2017
Awakening through compassion and…
Breathing New Life into Myanmar’s Monastic Schools
Shuyin
19 May 2017
There is no gate or decorated signboard at Phaung Daw Oo Integrated Monastic Education School (PDO) in Mandalay, and its entrance obscured by advertising billboards,
A Path to Peace: The Engaged Buddhism of Venerable Tajay Bongsa
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
21 April 2017
During the Education and Buddhist Ministry Conference at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in April 2015, Professor Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures,
Salvation Centre Cambodia — Fighting HIV/AIDS with the Buddha’s Army
Shuyin
17 March 2017
Staring blankly into space, Pat Sorm sits on the steps of her house, hugging a photo of her son who died just a week earlier.
The Trump Presidency and Lessons I Refuse to Learn
Vanessa Sasson
17 February 2017
As I try to adjust to living in a world dominated by Donald Trump’s presidency and the growing realities of right-wing governments in various parts
Buddhistdoor View: Engaged Buddhism, Donald Trump, and the Way of Compassion
Buddhistdoor Global
10 February 2017
The Trump era is here. The past few weeks have seen the most controversial man to ever sit in the White House send the world
Buddhistdoor View: Reflecting on 2016
Buddhistdoor Global
30 December 2016
What a year it’s been—brimming with economic and political upheavals that historians will be debating furiously for decades to come! Many joke (with a hint
Exploring Engaged Buddhism with Professor Christopher Queen
Shuyin
16 December 2016
This column “Dharma Project of the Month,” which started in January 2016, was intended primarily to showcase the many efforts of Buddhists—both monastics and laypeople—to
The Special Friendship of Vaclav Havel and the Dalai Lama, Born from the Emergence of Freedom in Post-Communist Czechoslovakia
Zuzi Griffiths Cernakova
9 December 2016
In November 1989, as an 11-year-old, I watched a puzzling scene unfold on our black-and-white TV: huge crowds of people had gathered in central Prague