Tag
Buddhism
April 04, 2016
Kagyu Samye Ling: Scotland's Buddhist Monastery
By Bradley Jardine and Sakshi Rai
In 1967, Choje Akong Rinpoche helped found the first Tibetan temple in the West.
December 07, 2015
The Rupshu Pastoralists
By Sugato Mukherjee
The Changpas hold on to ancient traditions in a fragile, disputed region.
August 22, 2015
Narrow Road to the North: Religious Sites in Tōhoku
By John W. Traphagan
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself home. Matsuo Bashō
May 16, 2015
Modi in Mongolia: Cultural Crossroads in the Far East
By Narayani Basu
Modi will be the first Indian PM to visit Mongolia, as he seeks to breathe new life into relations.
April 30, 2015
Reductio Ad Hitlerum: Who Does the Swastika Belong To?
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
George Washington University is showing us why the West needs to come to terms with the eastern origins of the Swastika.
March 19, 2015
New Zealander Jailed in Myanmar for Disrespecting Buddha
By Helen Clark
A bar manager and two colleagues face two years in prison for a photoshopped image.
December 25, 2014
Meditating in the Golden Triangle
By Brennan O`Connor
A sleepy Burmese town comes alive with color, when thousands of Thai and Burmese monks line the streets to meditate.
September 08, 2014
Tibet in Sichuan
By Miguel Cano
Traveling the Tibetan plateau in Sichuan Province.
July 09, 2014
The Rise of Buddhist Nationalism in Sri Lanka
By Sanjay Kumar
Sri Lanka must come to terms with the dangers of majoritarian violence against Muslims.
May 18, 2014
The Rise of Buddhist Feminism?
By Hanna Hindstrom (text) & Ye Tike (images)
A few Thai women are defying conservative Buddhist tradition to reinstate an ancient order.
May 20, 2013
Buddhism Today, East and West
While the Buddha’s message is alive in the East, in the West some say it has been scrambled.
March 15, 2013
Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Rising
Self-immolations by Tibetan monks have spiked with China’s leadership change. Beijing continues to ignore their message.