In our Weekend Reader newsletter, we celebrate Thich Nhat Hanh’s 93rd birthday with three of his great teachings.
Buddhist restorative justice expert sujatha baliga awarded MacArthur “Genius Grant”
Buddhist attorney and restorative justice expert sujatha baliga has been named one of the 2019 fellows of the MacArthur Foundation.
Zen-inspired cartoonist Lynda Barry awarded MacArthur “Genius Grant”
Zen-inspired cartoonist, graphic novelist, and educator Lynda Barry is one of the 2019 fellows of the MacArthur Foundation.
Zen Buddhist poet and novelist Ocean Vuong awarded MacArthur “Genius Grant”
The Vietnamese-American Zen Buddhist poet and novelist Ocean Vuong has been named one of the 2019 fellows of the MacArthur Foundation.
UCLA receives $20 million grant to study kindness
The now-established UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute hopes to use its research to promote kindness and create a more humane world.
Pema Chödrön Foundation grants property deed to Pema Chöling monastic center
The Pema Chödrön Foundation has granted the deed to the residential property that they purchased for Pema Chöling to the community.
Buddhists of Black African descent to gather at Spirit Rock for weekend retreat, The Gathering II
Buddhist teachers and practitioners of Black African descent will come together at Spirit Rock for a two-day non-residential retreat, The Gathering II.
Buddhist scholars receive grant to document sexual abuse in American Buddhism
Two religious scholars who specialize in Buddhism are part of a cohort that has been awarded a grant to spend the next five years looking at sexual abuse in religious communities.
Billionaire donates $100 million to compassion research after conversation with Dalai Lama
The research will explore how to cultivate empathy and compassion in medical professionals.
InsightLA to hold first residential meditation retreat for transgender community
“Creating Joy In Community,” the first residential retreat for transgender people, welcomes members of the transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and non-binary community to join together and cultivate “trans joy.”