How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...

These Buddhist Monks Are Walking Across the U.S. for Peace

A group of two dozen monks are walking from Texas to Washington, D.C. - and millions are finding hope in their journey ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...
Fast Company

What Buddhism would say about AI avatars of the dead

In a story in the Buddhist canon, a grief-stricken mother named Kisa Gautami loses her only child and carries the body around town, searching for some way to resurrect the child. When she encounters ...
The Independent

Buddhist monks and their ‘peace dog’ are walking across the US and captivating the nation along the way

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
ARLnow.com

Buddhist monks on 2,300-mile ‘Walk for Peace’ arrive in Arlington next week

Arlington County police have released the walk's expected route and road closure guidance. A group of Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile journey on foot is expected to arrive in Arlington next week for ...

The massive megastructure built for eternity and still standing 1,700 years later

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...
NPR

A Buddhist DJ hopes to spin followers toward the faith in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — The deep roots Buddhism has sunk into Korean culture over the past 16 centuries were on display at the annual Lotus Lantern Festival for the Buddha's birthday. It was May, and ...
Today

How Orlando Bloom’s Buddhist practice helped lead him ‘To the Edge’ in new adventure show

Orlando Bloom may be most well known for his roles in “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Lord of the Rings,” but viewers will see a new side of the actor as he takes on three extreme sports in a ...

‘Buddhism in India’: Publisher Anand on Gail Omvedt’s book on Buddhism and the politics of freedom

In the summer of 2003, I was reading Gail Omvedt’s Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste, which had just been ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

The meaning of Christmas aligns well with Buddhist teachings, but do they celebrate it?

Evans is a writer and recent graduate from San Diego State University who is working as an executive assistant at the Dharma Bum Temple in University Heights, and lives in the College Area. The ...