Demolitions at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy will reportedly begin July 25th following China’s demands to demolish 50 percent of residences at the monastery.
Buddhist leaders in New York City are warning the public to be cautions of panhandlers posing as Buddhist monks.
Sister Peace shares why she gave it all up to pursue enlightenment the old-fashioned way to practice and study the dharma full-time.
Photo by Ruby / Alamy Stock Photo.Steve Antinoff remembers his first teacher, an intimidating Zen monk whose every gesture seemed charged with the Absolute.
Surfing has had a longstanding association with spirituality, often being talked about in terms of Zen — after all, it’s pretty much impossible to think about anything but the present moment when you’re riding a wave. This association seems now to have been fully embodied by some of the monks of Gyuto Monastery, a “traditional […]
Video game expert Jane McGonigal recalls her meeting with a Buddhist monk who found equanimity in an iPhone app.
Michael Jerryson reports on the growing tension between Buddhists and Muslims, in which senior Buddhist monks actively incite violence and intolerance.
8.7 acres of forest land to be rezoned for Buddhist monastery in Sarasota, FloridaPreliminary approval has been granted for the construction of the Sarasota Forest Monastery, a new Theravada Buddhist center in Sarasota, Florida.
In the foothills nestled among the many sugarcane fields that blanket the plains of Uthai Thani, Thailand, stands the red roof of Wat Pa Sak Thong’s temple.
Tibetan Buddhist nuns writing their Geshema exams. Photo via the Central Tibetan Administration.Thirty-eight nuns are undergoing exams toward their geshema degree, the monastic equivalent of a Ph.D in Tibetan Buddhist studies.
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