Highlighting its enduring presence among the Indian Buddhist community since 2011, on 24 July the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) hosted … Read More “Prime minister Modi and President Kovind take Asadha Poornima 2021 Online”
When your eyesFrom the deepest blueTurned into waterFlowing from within Magical touchCold breath of deathSad and stillTranscendental Your heart was … Read More “Naresh Mathur”
This series on Buddhism and international relations by Durgesh Kasbekar is a modified series from an essay “Buddhism in International Relations” … Read More “Buddhism in International Relations: The Sino-Indian Relationship”
Rima with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. ©Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL An enlightened, ineffably wise face deep in contemplation of the bottomless realities … Read More “Rima Fujita: Art and Action”
It was no coincidence that just a fortnight after the third Samvad conclave from 6–7 September in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian President … Read More “Observations on the Indo-Mongolian Buddhist Partnership”
The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), along with Indian, Japanese, and Mongolian partners, hosted its third Samvad (which, in Hindi, means … Read More “Mongolia’s Buddhist Diplomacy and India’s Union of Religious and Foreign Policy”
In May’s Indian elections, PM Narendra Modi’s BJP fared considerably well, indirectly securing a mandate for its Buddhist diplomacy. This … Read More “A Circle of Buddhist Democracies: India’s Buddhist Strategy for Asia”
Narendra Modi has been re-elected as prime minister of India in a landslide, with the BJP winning sweeping victories across … Read More “Modi’s Triumph: What it Means for Buddhism”
Simon Hui is founder of Mindful Studio HK, a yoga studio offering courses to seekers of physical, mental, and spiritual … Read More “Simon Hui’s Mindful Studio for Life”
Although I’ve visited India several times, I’ve never been to Dharamshala before. This cramped but beautiful city, which shot to … Read More “Dharamshala’s Cafe129: A Haven of Indo-Korean-Tibetan Friendship”
