The Guardian view on religious freedom: protect believers
Religion Editorial Across much of the world, millions of people are persecuted for their beliefs Mon 22 Apr 2019 Christians and Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan, hold candles at a tribute […]
Thailand’s rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition
Source: Reuters By Patpicha Tanakasempipat NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) – Boodsabann Chanthawong recently joined a growing number of women defying generations of Thai Buddhist tradition by becoming ordained as novice […]
Leopard kills Indian Buddhist monk meditating in forest
Source: BBC News A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say. Rahul Walke had been “meditating under […]
Book Review: Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
Source: Amazon By Dalai Lama “A book that brings people together on the firm grounds of shared values, reminding us why the Dalai Lama is still one of the most […]
Buddhism: My prayer experience
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 By Fazal Masood Malik On a warm Sunday afternoon, warm enough to be lazy, I sat […]
The Muslim Sunrise: Prayer and Meditation
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The word ‘course,’ […]
China Need Not be Afraid of Tibetan Buddhism, Islam or Christianity?
BBC Documentary about Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Many in the West may not be able to locate Tibet on […]
Police probe sexual misconduct claims against Chinese monk
Source: Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police have opened an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against one of the country’s best-known Buddhist monks whose case has highlighted the growth […]
‘The retreat convinced me that contemplation can reproduce the effects of psychedelics, a claim I have long doubted’: a Buddhism critic’s retreat experience
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat Source: Scientific American Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and skygazing By John Horgan on August […]
Thai cave boys ordained in Buddhist ceremony
Source: BBC News Most members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave have had their heads shaved as part of a Buddhist ceremony to ordain them […]
The ‘King’ of Shambhala Buddhism Is Undone by Abuse Report
Source: The New York Times By Andy Newman In a shrine on the sixth floor of a Manhattan office building, a photo of a man in golden robes hangs above an […]
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk strangles officer who tries to arrest him – police
Source: Reuters COLOMBO (Reuters) – A 37-year-old Sri Lankan Buddhist monk on Tuesday assaulted and strangled a police officer who sought to arrest him on a warrant for alleged sexual […]
Buddhist leader facing sexual misconduct allegations is ‘embarrassed and thoroughly apologetic’
Source: The Star Halifax By Brett Bundale HALIFAX—International Buddhist leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is apologizing for the “pain, confusion and anger” sweeping through the Shambhala community amid sexual misconduct allegations […]
Suu Kyi says outside hate narratives driving Myanmar tension
Source: Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A social media account run by the office of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi quotes her as saying that “hate narratives from […]
Myanmar hardline monks vow to stay on Facebook despite ban
Source: Reuters BY Sam Aung Moon, Yimou Lee YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using the social media giant to “tell the truth”, they […]
Malaysian Buddhists celebrate Vesak
Source: Religion News Service By Alexandra Radu KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) — Celebrated across the Buddhist world each spring, the holiday Vesak commemorates the three most important events of Gautama Buddha’s […]
Myanmar policeman who said Reuters reporters were framed details sting operation
Reuters International This content was published on May 10, 2018 Detained Police Captain Moe Yan Naing (C) escorted by police arrives for a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar May 9, […]
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia)
by Johan Elverskog: In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 seemed not only to reenact the infamous Muslim destruction of Nalanda monastery in the thirteenth century but also […]
In Japan, Old Robot Dogs Get A Buddhist Send-Off
Source: NPR BY SCOTT NEUMAN Anyone who has ever owned a dog – or any pet, for that matter – can tell you how difficult that last day is. And so […]
Rohingya refugees tearfully plead for U.N. Security Council help
Reuters International This content was published on April 29, 2018 British United Nations Ambassador Karen Pierce consoles a twelve-year-old Rohingya refugee near Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh, April 29, 2018. REUTERS/Michelle […]