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Cómo YouTube está cambiando las peregrinaciones budistas y reescribiendo la historia del budismo
Nikhil Stewart comparte sus descubrimientos al entrevistar a treinta monásticos sobre cómo el vlogging (blogs en formato de video) ha impactado las peregrinaciones budistas, tanto en línea como en la vida real.
The Story of Buddhist Reformer Venerable Ādicca Vamsa
Hein Htet Kyaw offers a profile of a monk, author, and hero of Buddhism deserving of true appreciation.
How YouTube Is Changing Buddhist Pilgrimage and Re-Historicizing Buddhism’s Past
Nikhil Stewart shares what he's learned by interviewing 30 monks about how vlogging (video-blogging) has impacted Buddhist pilgrimage — online, and "IRL."
Why Meditation Alone Can’t Heal Every Wound
Amma Thanasanti asks “the question that won’t go away”: If a dharma teacher has authentic awakening, how could they still be able to cause so much harm?
A Buddhist Response to “Climate Overshoot”
“Catastrophic climate chaos has become a fact," writes Colin H. Simonds. “Once-in-a-generation disasters have become near-yearly events thanks to anthropogenic climate change. In the midst of these effects of our climate overshoot paradigm, what is a Buddhist to do?"
True Dharma Brothers
A snapshot of the special friendship between Larry Rosenberg and Jon Kabat-Zinn — two leading lights of the American vipassana and mindfulness movements — from Madeline Drexler’s introduction to the new Rosenberg book, The World Exists to Set Us Free: Straight-Up Dharma for Living a Life of Awareness. We begin in the early days, after Rosenberg had set aside a successful academic career to dive into dharma and meditation.
Queer Theory Meets Buddhist Non-duality and Emptiness
Read an excerpt from Queer Engaged Buddhism, by Kody Muncaster (Sumeru Books, 2025).
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Hosts Groundbreaking Conference for Thai Bhikkhuni Sangha
Cindy Rasicot, author of This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings of Bhikkhuni Dhammananda, shares a report from this historic event.
“Negation After Negation You Attain Liberation”: Shosan with Suzuki Roshi
Sit in on the Q&A session with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi at the end of the second sesshin ever at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. An excerpt from David Chadwick’s new book, Tassajara Stories.
Diana Mukpo, widow of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, dies
As Trungpa’s partner, Mukpo played an active role in shaping Buddhism’s presence in the English-speaking world.
You Don’t Have to Fear Death — But You Should
In the new book How to Live and Die: The Transformative Power of Meditating on Impermanence (Wisdom Publications), Lama Zopa Rinpoche says death is just a mental construct, but it’s helpful to fear it anyway.
Commentary: Embrace the Queerness of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Transgender Buddhist monastic and social justice worker Ven. Tashi Choedup on Buddha as their teacher, dharma as their guardian, and sangha as their guide.
Dropping Body and Mind
In her new book, Meeting the Myriad Things (Shambhala Publications), American Zen teacher Shinshu Roberts unpacks Dogen’s famed text Genjokoan (“Actualization of Reality”). Here she dives into Dogen’s most quoted teaching.
We’re Not Who You Think We Are
Chenxing Han examines the stereotypes marginalizing Asian American Buddhists and reports on the diversity and depth a new generation of practitioners.
Pure Perception – How Poison Becomes Medicine
This article, part of Mingyur Rinpoche’s new year-long teaching series, Blueprints of Awakening, explores how pure perception and the wisdom of buddhanature can transform even our deepest suffering into a path of liberation.
What If Buddhists Engaged AI as Part of Practice?
Deborah McGlauflin offers a dharma-grounded reflection on how our everyday interactions with AI can shape its moral and emotional tone. Drawing on her experience with a custom chatbot named Skywalker, she invites us to treat digital dialogue as a form of mindful speech and karmic imprint
Establishing Theravada Buddhism in Cuba
Marajina Bhikkhuni talks about her path to monastic life, her work to help the Theravada tradition take root in Cuba, and the inspiring growth of dharma communities across Latin America.
Catch a Glimpse of “Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet”
Watch an exclusive clip from the original documentary, now being screened and appreciated anew.
Not a Compromise —Bridging Latinx Culture and Dharma
Sanathavihari Bhikkhu and Carlo Carranza speak with Buddhadharma’s Mariana Restrepo about the evolving presence of Buddhism in Latinx communities, exploring the unique intersections of culture, language, and lineage in sharing the dharma.
What should you do when a dharma book is no longer needed?
Theravada monk Bhante Sanathavihari, Siddhartha’s Intent instructor Arne Schelling, and Briana Quick, editor at Wisdom Publications, explain how you might best care for, and dispose of, your Buddhist texts and other materials.