Reflecting on today’s funeral for a great Hong Kong Buddhist master
Chinese Buddhism
Ven. Rong Ling (1924-2022), Luminary of Hong Kong Buddhism, Passes Away at 98
A tribute to a luminary of Hong Kong Buddhism
Ven. Chuan Deng and the Calling of Vulnerability
Speaking to one of Hong Kong’s prominent Buddhist carers of the dying and terminally ill
In Review: “Xuanzang” and “Monks in Motion”
Here are some books I’m reviewing or have recently reviewed.
A Boy Wielding a Sword. The Strong Connection with Nianfo, Part One
A message from the pristine Pure Land School
Blazing a Bodhisattva Trail in Cuba, with Ven. Zhihan
The reinvigoration of the Chinese Mahayana tradition in Cuba has largely been thanks to a single Buddhist monk, Taiwan-born Ven. Zhihan. Ven. Zhihan was already an established name in Vancouver, where he had founded the Bodhiyana Foundation, an educational non-profit devoted to spreading the Buddhist teachings. Ven. Zhihan is a charismatic and thoughtful religious leader, […]
Mahayana in Cuba: Chinese Forebears
Lined by small restaurants, shops, laundromats, cultural societies, medicinal establishments, and leisure and education clubs, Barrío Chino in Havana is perhaps the largest “Chinatown” in the Latin American world, with a history dating to the 19th Century. This is the locus where the earliest recorded presence of people practicing Buddhist customs in Cuba can be […]
The TLKY International Conference 2021 Interview Series – Prof. Albert Welter
Welcome to our series of conversations with participating speakers at this year’s Tung Lin Kok Yuen International Conference – Buddhist Canons: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation for a Wisdom-oriented Education (27–28 November 2021). In each blog post, I speak with keynote speakers and paper presenters about their subject at this conference. Register for this […]
The TLKY International Conference 2021 Interview Series – Prof. Wu Jiang
Welcome to our series of conversations with participating speakers at this year’s Tung Lin Kok Yuen International Conference – Buddhist Canons: In Search of a Theoretical Foundation for a Wisdom-oriented Education (27–28 November 2021). In each blog post, I speak with keynote speakers and paper presenters about their subject at this conference. Register for this […]
Vello Vaartnou: A Life Devoted to Dharma
Buddhistdoor Global (BDG): You’ve been living in Australia for some decades now. But you have also spent many years building stupas, 8 of them by yourself, and created original thangkas. How did you balance so many projects with your teaching and practice in Australia?