Straight Talk: Reforming Buddhist Education in Asia, with Dr. Ananda Kumaraseri
“I’m a one-man army,” laughed the Malaysian gentleman sitting in front of me before the seminar session began. Dato’ Dr. G. K. Ananda Kumaraseri and
“I’m a one-man army,” laughed the Malaysian gentleman sitting in front of me before the seminar session began. Dato’ Dr. G. K. Ananda Kumaraseri and
Venerable Bhante Hennbunne Kondanna is the abbot of Staten Island Buddhist Vihara in New York City. He took novice ordination in Sri Lanka in 1968,
The ambulance pulls up at the gates of Htantabin Monastery in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, where Sayadaw Kaywala waits patiently. As the door opens, he bends
Late last year, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to travel to Japan to participate in a conference at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies from
The idea for this special issue originated a year or so ago in our editorial chief executive’s office on the ground floor of Wang Fat Ching She, the Buddhist temple in Hong Kong where Buddhistdoor Global is based.
Sean Mós talks to Ven. Uganda Buddharakkitha…
Tara Frances takes us to the Blue Mountains Insight…
Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera (1942–2015) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and a nonviolent revolutionary who became one of the most inspiring and influential social
Pavarana marks the end of the three-month Vassavasa, the rainy season retreat observed by Theravada monastic communities. Commonly falling on the full moon of the
Children should always have an opportunity to enjoy the diversity and profundity of religious experience. Yet the actual acceptance of the Buddha-Dharma and a life of practice
The relationship between Sri Lanka and Thailand spans nearly ten centuries and has a history of mutually beneficial exchanges of ideas, architectural styles, and culture
A reserved and quiet monastic from Myanmar, Sayadaw Ashin Nanujjotabhivamsa is most at home talking about the principles and practice of the Dhamma rather than