A spokesperson for His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that His Holiness has canceled trips to Mexico and the Dominican Republic because he is feeling unwell. His doctors have diagnosed ... Read More

This past Sunday an interfaith service was held in the Denver convention center, prior to the Democratic National Convention. The service opened with a reading of the Metta Sutta by ... Read More

Yesterday I emerged from the Manhattan subways in Times Square in time to see a big "Free Tibet" march on 42nd Street. There were monks, ethnic Tibetans, and native New ... Read More

Americans are backing away from mixing religion and politics, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. For the first time in ... Read More

Nicholas Kristof's column in the New York Times today contains a sentence about the Chinese "goddess of mercy," Guanyin (Kwan yin), that I don't think is accurate. But maybe Kristof ... Read More

Writing on the Washington Post's "On Faith" web site, research psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman describes his talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The psychologist and the monk spoke at ... Read More

There's a great white egret that fishes every morning in the neighborhood pond. When I see it I wonder how there can be egrets, because great egrets must be among ... Read More

If you've had any exposure to Zen at all, you've probably heard this one -- The senior monk of Hong-jen's monastery wrote a poem on a wall that went like ... Read More

Hungry ghost festivals traditionally are held in China on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, which I understand (correct me if I'm wrong) falls today, August 15, this ... Read More

The forum discussion of the Diamond Sutra is about to begin. Here's the Diamond Sutra introductory post. The Diamond Sutra is short, but steep. Discussing it makes me think of ... Read More

A Wall Street Journal editorial picks up on the subject of yesterday's Buddhism blog post -- religion in China. I have a slight disagreement with the last paragraph. China's leaders are ... Read More

Yesterday President Bush, who has been more visible at the Beijing Games than Michael Phelps, attended services at a Christian Protestant church in Beijing. After the service the President called ... Read More

Last night I got an email from my friend Matt Browner Hamlin, who yesterday was removed from the Olympic equestrian dressage event in Hong Kong for displaying a Tibetan flag. ... Read More

The date is August 8, 2008 -- 08/08/08. I figured this confluence of eights deserves special observance. And since this is a Buddhism blog, let's make a list. (What's with ... Read More

Yesterday four protesters -- two Britons and two Americans -- climbed a 120 feet high lamppost in Beijing and unfurled banners that said "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet" and ... Read More

The stone sculptures of the Yungang Grottoes of northern China were carved in the 5th and 6th centuries. Photo Credit: China Photos/Getty Images

His Holiness the Dalai Lama must make an impossible choice, according to Thubten Samdup, chair of the Dalai Lama Foundation of Canada. The time has come now that His Holiness ... Read More

Actor Jet Li, a devout Buddhist, is taking up a new career -- philanthropy. Li has established the Jet Li One Foundation Project in China as a grassroots non-governmental organization ... Read More

CNN now has more information on "Buddha's Warriors," a special report by Christiane Amanpour to be shown on CNN Saturday and Sunday, 8 pm Eastern Standard Time. It focuses on ... Read More