Thai New Year Holiday Prompts Renewed Appeal to Stop Buddhist Life-Release Practice
Life-release practices are common in many Buddhist traditions, but rising environmental concerns have led many to abandon or change their merit-making practices.
Life-release practices are common in many Buddhist traditions, but rising environmental concerns have led many to abandon or change their merit-making practices.
It is time that Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife, is more widely recognized as a great enlightened one with an updated date of her passing
After years as a Buddhist monk in Thailand and the United States, Songkran Waiyaka has flourished in his new role as a US Army chaplain, serving the spiritual and moral needs of soldiers and their families
Thai monks eventually scared off the thieves, who left with a small amount of cash and other items
Healing is a long road for families and survivors as they commemorate the gun massacre of 36 people on 6 October 2022 in Uthai Sawan
The story of Ajahn Buddhadasa, one of Thailand’s most most prominent modern thinkers in ecumenism, interfaith, and modernity
Ajahn Pranom works to raise awareness of plastic pollution and reduce plastic waste
According to reports, the monks had begun to attract wealthy donors who may have donated great sums thinking it would go to the temple
The newly visible stupa has become a pilgrimage site for Buddhists as drought hits the region
Buddhist celebrations of the new year varied by tradition and location, showing the many different ways that the Buddhadharma is expressed in the modern world
The Isle of Man, a small, self-governing island in the Irish Sea, recently welcomed its first Buddhist temple, which opened to the public on 11 December.
Buddhist temples in the southern US have been targeted by thieves in what may be a coordinated attack