Growing Up with the Dharma: A Window into Middle Way School
Sarah C. Beasley
8 April 2025
An introduction to North America’s few Dharma-based educational opportunities for children
Buddhist-Inspired Naropa University to Sell Part of Campus
Justin Whitaker
22 August 2024
Naropa University, founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, has announced plans to sell its main campus in Boulder, Colorado, after 40 years
Diana Eck, Professor, Interfaith Educator, and Author to Retire After 49 Years at Harvard
Justin Whitaker
17 May 2024
Eck’s work has fostered several generations of scholars and informed the greater public in ways that few other scholars ever have
Hong Kong Baha’i Community Hosts World Religion Day, Celebrating Youth as “Light of the World”
Raymond Lam
30 January 2024
This year’s annual interfaith event Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Hong Kong celebrated the potential and power of young people
Academics Seek Support to Save Unique Buddhism, Psychology, and Mental Health Program in Toronto
Justin Whitaker
17 January 2024
The popular Canadian program has been a success with students, fostering cultural understanding and mental health awareness
Fostering Peace through the Won Buddhist Contemplative Practice of Diary Writing
Grace Song
11 December 2023
An exploration of the power of daily journaling to look within and see our thoughts and actions more clearly and empathetically
Lessons Beyond the Meditation Hall
Grace Song
4 October 2023
Won Buddhist teacher Grace Song describes the brave work of a Black student to turn a disturbing incident into personal growth and teaching moment.
Placing Hands in Meditation: Disrupting Familiar Patterns as a Doorway into Mindfulness
Ratnadevi
17 March 2023
Examining the hands and the body as a grounding place for our mindful orientation to the world
How the Magic Works
Satya Robyn
14 February 2023
Satya Robyn explores those moments of compassion and wisdom that can arise spontaneously in our relationships with others
Woodenfish Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program Returns After Three-Year Break
Justin Whitaker
9 February 2023
Program offers participants from around the world the opportunity to live and learn in a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan
Young Voices: Finding Comfort in Not-Knowing
Loulou Sloss
26 October 2022
An American high school student reflects on encounters with the Buddhadharma and the kindness found therein
Young Voices: What to Do with Impermanence
Olivia Yang
2 June 2022
Introducing “Young Voices,” a special project from BDG collecting insightful essays by high school students in the US who have attended experiential-learning-based courses rooted in the Buddhist teaching.