In the face of wildfires and global chaos, Buddhist practices can help us shed unhelpful narratives. It's time to take the ...

As a practicing Buddhist, I hold and cultivate the ideals ... and enlightenment. But being an American automatically enrolls you in at least secular Christianity. I became a Christian after ...

Bhikkhu Bodhi, an American Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition, calls himself the “indirect” founder of BGR. In 2004, after a tsunami killed more than 270,000 people around the Indian Ocean, ...

He used the time to study Buddhism to satisfy his curiosity ... An acquaintance introduced the American to Tojo as someone who loves visiting temples. Although the head priest had never thought ...

They may find tranquillity, too—just not the cuddly sort that American pop-Buddhism advertises. For the Himalayan monks of the early teen centuries, the ideal setting for initiation was a ...