His Holiness the Dalai Lama can be wrong sometimes, says Gelek Badheytsang. And that’s okay.
Office of the Dalai Lama issues clarification on Dalai Lama’s controversial remarks on immigrants and female successor
In a new interview, the Dalai Lama said Trump lacks moral principle, refugees should ultimately return to their homeland, and any future female Dalai Lama should be attractive.
Buddhism Is Not a Treatment for Mental Illness
A new article in The Atlantic says more Americans with mental illness are turning to Buddhism for mental health treatment. Experts might advise otherwise.
Dalai Lama appears on the cover of Time magazine
It’s the third time the famous Buddhist leader has appeared on the cover of the magazine.
Searching for Wisdom in the Clutter
Towering stacks of newspapers, a mountain of clippings — James Kullander feels they might contain some fact that would transform his life.
Buddha statue repeatedly vandalized with sledgehammer in L.A. neighborhood
A beloved Buddha statue in a Los Angeles neighborhood has been vandalized with a sledgehammer for the fourth time.
The Guardian criticizes world leaders for excluding the Dalai Lama under Chinese pressure

The Guardian’s editorial board describes slights to the Dalai Lama as “extremely distasteful” and calls on leaders to resist pressure from China.
Dalai Lama launches online “Atlas of Emotions”
In collaboration with the psychologist who helped write “Inside Out,” the Dalai Lama has created a digital “map of the mind.”
Reuters: “China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to smear Dalai Lama”

In new investigation, Reuters says that China has long been backing a break-off sect of Tibetan Buddhism in an effort to co-opt Tibetan Buddhism.
New York Times reports on East Bay Meditation Center’s path to inclusion

In Saturday’s New York Times, religion columnist Mark Oppenheimer wrote that East Bay Meditation Center is breaking Buddhist stereotypes.