The Monpa Buddhists of Arunachal Pradesh cut their dead into 108 pieces before a water burial: The profound Buddhist belief behind this ancient ritual

Monpa funeral practices historically included a unique water burial ritual. This tradition involved dividing bodies into 108 ...
The New Yorker

What Meditation Can Do for Us, and What It Can’t | The New Yorker

An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...
The Diplomat

When Small States Practice Buddhist Diplomacy

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand, accompanied by His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan, attended a Buddhist chanting ceremony at the ...
KPFA

Buddhism, Spirituality and healing from Racism, Sexism, Suffering

Today at 1pm on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine I am featuring two segments both focusing on Buddhism, healing and spirituality ...
Vox

Why Buddhism is true

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...
Psychology Today

On Buddhism as a Different Kind of "Religion"

One of the Buddha’s most-loved stories (he had a lot of them), concerned a event in which a number of blind men investigated an elephant. The occasion was famously described by the 19th century ...
BBC

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. This article is a detailed look at its history and practices. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The Rivalry Over Buddhism’s Future

Lumbini in southern Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, is defined by an austere, almost pastoral calm. Its manicured gardens and reflecting pools evoke the deep tranquility of a prince who, roughly ...
Nippon

Edo-Period Buddhism as Part of the Apparatus of Shogunal Control

Buddhism in Japan today is made up of many different sects or schools, each with its own set of teachings, normally drawing on traditions and doctrines associated with a particular set of sutras. Most ...
BBC

Nichiren Buddhism

Nichiren Buddhism differs from other schools of Buddhism in focusing on this world, and in its view that it is the only correct tradition. Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist movement in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Buddhism in China: An Enduring Legacy on View at the Freer

Known as the transmitter of Chan, or Zen Buddhism, the Chinese monk, Bodhidharma, was said to have a volatile temperament. Portrait of Bodhidharma. Fourteenth century, ink on silk. Courtesy the Freer ...