How Buddhist monks became the face of ethnonationalist violence in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

In The Robe and the Sword, Sonia Faleiro shows how Buddhist revivalism and majoritarianism have been historically intertwined ...

Buddhist support behind South Korea’s rising snowboard stars

Lee Sang-ho, who delivered South Korea’s first Olympic medal in snowboarding at the Pyeongchang Games, also competed in the event, along with Kim and Choi. Athletes who received support later donated ...
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American Buddhism: Beyond the Search for Inner Peace

When I showed up, the room at Harvard Divinity School was already overflowing. World-renowned professors were packing the aisles along with undergrads, standing in the doorways, and squeezing in ...