This might mean that a modern Buddhist chooses not to earn their livelihood in a way that benefits from killing, such as working as a butcher or manufacturing weapons. It might also involve ...

In Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World, edited by Hannah Havnevik, et al., 15–32. London: Routledge, 2017. “Immanent Frames: Meiji New Buddhism and the ...

Because the Buddha did not have a lot to say about the environment in his day, most teachings about protecting the environment come from modern Buddhist teachers.

The launch of Meet Ksitigarbha breaks new ground as Di Zang Lin becomes the first Buddhist temple in Singapore to create a ...

"At our center, humanistic Buddhism is our guiding principle," said the master. This modern Buddhist philosophy combines the meditative practice of Zen with a deliberate closeness to people.

[Photo provided to China Daily] With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole ...

This marked the first Buddhist council in modern history after a gap of 1,700 years, and it was the first time the Burmese had organized such an event. As a result, the growth of Buddhism has been ...

The life and adventures of a Chinese monk who made a 17-year journey to bring Buddhist teachings from India to China. Xuanzang subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to ...

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