Woman doing yoga on beach

How American Buddhism is Like an Elephant

Researchers see a distinct difference between Buddhist immigrants and Americans of European ancestry who have embraced Buddhism's tenets.
Displaced Rohingya people

How Buddhism Is Being Used to Justify Violence in Myanmar

What's behind the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar in which the minority Rohingya people are being violently driven out of the country?
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Remembering the Dalai Lama’s First US Tour

The Dalai Lama has been admitted to a hospital and has cancelled his schedule US tour. We look back to 1979, the first year His Holiness came to America.