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Cast members perform during a rehearsal of the opera "Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable" at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston, Sept. 20, 2023.
Arts, Culture & Media
A modern take on an ancient Chinese folk tale
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, center, arrives for a great chanting ceremony at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on March 16, 2007.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet’
A Buddhist nun with a shaved head takes part in a Kung Fu display
Climate Change
Climate change forced Nepal women into trafficking. Now, ‘Kung Fu’ nuns are cycling the globe for them.
A Buddhist monk walks through a crowd with his hands in a prayer position
Religion
The ‘father of mindfulness’ prepares for the next life
Arts, Culture & Media
Sonic Buddhism
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Sonic Buddhism
Arts, Culture & Media
Kongfu Monk
Arts, Culture & Media
Be here now
Padma Angdu was anointed as a Tibetan Buddhist rinpoche, or enlightened being, in 2010. He was 6 years old at the time.
Belief
Reincarnating as an enlightened being isn’t easy. Especially when you’re 6 years old.
Former White House advisor Steve Bannon briefly practiced Buddhism before returning to Catholicism.
Books
Steve Bannon: A ‘new-age, mystical seeker’ who sees the apocalypse on the horizon
Women pray in front of paramilitary policemen at Yonghegong Lama Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster in Beijing, China.
Books
Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China
South Korean Buddhists gather every year to recite the Diamond Sutra with monks from the Jogye Temple in Seoul. This year was special, with a presidential election coming up on May 9th.
Religion
In South Korea, pretty much everything is a little bit Buddhist. Including politics.
Lobzang Jivaka (fourth from left) at Rizong Monastery in Ladakh, northern India, with some of his fellow monks, in 1960.
Culture
This Englishman’s search for truth was about the transformation of spirit, and of gender
IDP Camp in Sittwe
Culture
In Myanmar, refugees from Muslim-Buddhist conflict remain in limbo
In Buddhist Myanmar, there's a view that abortion is wrong because "human life happens only in a blue moon, so we shouldn't waste a life like this."
Health
Providing safe illegal abortions in Myanmar is a ‘karmic balance,’ says one doctor
Despite history and recent headlines, China is undergoing a spiritual revival, and China now has the largest population of Buddhists in the world- by some estimates more than 200 million. That's in part because of a collaborative relationship between Chin
Belief
China’s atheist Communist government is embracing a very capitalist form of Buddhism
“I think I’m blessed in tuning harmoniums,” says Mindra Sahadeo, who is from Guyana but now lives in New York City. “I find joy, actually, in fixing them.”
Culture
Meet the harmonium king of Queens, New York
Gyaltsen Norbu (R), the 11th Panchen Lama, speaks with a delegate ahead of the opening of the third plenary meeting of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2015.
Belief
Chinese Communists to Dalai Lama: You can’t die. You’re immortal.
Here is the Dalai Lama not meeting with President Obama on February 5, 2015, in Washington. Instead, he is shaking hands with Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to the US president.
Global Politics
Meeting with the Dalai Lama can come with a price
A photo of Tam Duong's family during Lunar New Year in the early 1990s. Tam, on the right in the red dress, is from Los Angeles and now lives in Boston. Her parents are from Vietnam and Duong says she was confused as to why Santa never came to their home.
Belief
There’s nothing traditional about an immigrant Christmas
Vietnamese immigrants pray to a small shrine erected five years ago. The area was once littered, covered in graffiti, and a frequent stop for the city's public works department. But after one neighborhood resident placed the statue on the corner, local Vi
Geo Quiz
Can you name the West Coast city where a Buddhist shrine turned a neighborhood around?
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Belief
How a Buddhist shrine transformed a neighborhood in Oakland
Riot police attack a man during an anti-Muslim riot in Hlegu, outside Yangon, in April. More sectarian riots flared up in Myanmar in July.
Conflict & Justice
Who’s to blame for Myanmar’s spate of sectarian riots?
Riot police attack a man during an anti-Muslim riot in Hlegu, outside Yangon, in April. More sectarian riots flared up in Myanmar in July.
Conflict & Justice
Who’s to blame for Myanmar’s spate of sectarian riots?
Lifestyle & Belief
They were married in the morning, now this couple makes their first Buddhist offering together
A small group of people from the Japanese community recently gathered at the temple in Lima to chant and make offerings to their deceased relatives. On the altar were plates of sandwiches and cakes; even a bag of Lay’s potato chips.
Lifestyle & Belief
Lima’s stressed-out are turning to Zen Buddhism
Figures in the shrines represent a multitude of personages from the Burmese pantheon, mixing figures of the Buddha with nat and weikza figures from traditional spirit worship. (Photo: Bruce Wallace)
Arts, Culture & Media
Spirits on the Streets of Yangon
Dalai Lama gathers Tibetan exiles for summit
Arts, Culture & Media
The Dalai Lama and Me
Lifestyle & Belief
The History and Future of Government-Monastery Relations in a Changing Myanmar
Conflict & Justice
Ethnic & Religious Violence Challenge Democratic Transition in Myanmar
Global Politics
Blinged Out Monks: Several Thai Buddhist Monks Spotted with Luxury Wears
Lifestyle & Belief
The Buddhist Path for Young Men in Myanmar
Lifestyle & Belief
What’s Fueling the Buddhist-Muslim Clashes in Myanmar
Conflict & Justice
Muslims Attacked in Myanmar
Conflict & Justice
China’s Latest Efforts to Stop Self-Immolation Protesters
Arts, Culture & Media
German Geologist Says Buddhist Statue Made From Ancient Meteorite
Global Politics
Buddhism and Modern Life in Bhutan
Arts, Culture & Media
Finding Balance: Buddhism And Modern Life In China
Arts, Culture & Media
Bridging the Religious Divide in Thailand
Global Politics
Dalai Lama Cancels South Africa Visit Because of Visa Trouble
Environment
Invoking Buddha to Protect Forests
Arts, Culture & Media
Cambodia and Thailand at Odds Over an Ancient Temple
Global Politics
Dalai Lama to Step Down
The Zen Of Hawkwatching
The Buddha is One…and Zeros
Zen Garden
Zen Garden
Tibetan Medicine
Arts, Culture & Media
Kongfu Monk
Lifestyle & Belief
The Dalai Lama and Me
Global Politics
China’s controlled day of mourning for last week’s earthquake
Global Politics
Dalai Lama’s White House visit invokes the ire of Chinese government
Global Politics
This week’s agenda: Dalai Lama’s White House visit, US-Islamic world forum
Global Politics
Takeouts: Dalai Lama’s presidential treatment, Olympics update
Global Politics
50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama in exile
Arts, Culture & Media
Dalai Lama puts Tibetan New Year celebrations on hold
Global Politics
Buddhism and Islam in America
Arts, Culture & Media
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Arts, Culture & Media
Buddhist teacher for Vietnamese immigrants