Theravada Buddhist monks, generally speaking, are very conservative. They often claim that they are the guardians of “Original Buddhism” from the time of the Lord Buddha Himself. They consider that one of their most important […]
Category: Dialogue
Buddhist-Muslim Commitment to Action and the Dusit Declaration
Buddhist and Muslim leaders from South and South East Asian countries including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, have gathered in Bangkok, Thailand to address escalating tensions between two communities and potential spread […]
Ex-NKT: Past or Present?
Guest Post by LifeGoesOn It’s now a few years since I left NKT. Recently I’ve been talking to a counsellor for various issues, and inevitably my NKT experiences have been part of that. My counsellor […]
Buddhism without Borders: Western Involvement in the Shugden Controversy
There is an upcoming lecture by Jeannine Chandler, Siena College, at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California. Chandler will present a paper “An Analysis of Western Involvement in the Dorje Shugden Controversy”. The paper […]
Summary of the State of Shugden Scholarship
by Christopher Paul Bell, University of Virginia Despite the controversy and media attention that has surrounded Dorje Shugden for the last few decades, the academic study of this deity is still very nascent. There are […]
100 Scholars From China Had A Discussion With The Dalai Lama
Boston, MA, USA, 5 May 2009 (Editorial – The Boston Globe) – In a meeting at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge last week, the Dalai Lama and more than 100 scholars from China showed how […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 