Andrei Znamenski is the author of Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophecy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia, published by Quest Books. Shambhala, a mythical, heaven-type land in Tibetan Buddhism, was…

Michiel Hegener is a Dutch journalist who has kept his personal memories of reincarnation to himself for many years. He immediately sensed , and is now in a position to…

The stereotype of the ill-informed American tourist afflicts presidents, too, it seems, with the media all too keen to pick up on the “gaffes” of the US head of state…

Three bronze Buddha statues looted from temples during communal riots at Ramu, Cox’s Bazaar, in Bangladesh, have been recovered from a Rohingya market. The statues were apparently on sale at…

More than 500 artifacts were stolen from Buddhist monasteries in a coordinated attack on the minority faith in Bangladesh last month. Fourteen Buddhist monasteries reportedly came under attack by mobs…

On Thursday 9th August, H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, leader of the Karma Kagyu school, celebrated with Lama Ole Nydahl and 3,000 of their Buddhust students. They were celebrating…

For Karl Marx, religion was “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. [And] the opium of the people.” For…

At least ten Buddhist temples were destroyed last weekend in Bangladesh after violent attacks on the minority. Fourteen homes belonging to Buddhist families were also destroyed. In response, a two-judge…

A three year-old boy in Thailand named Nong Mark is gaining wider recognition for leading Buddhist congregations, and reciting lengthy Buddhist chants. Mark has had his head shaved and wears…