Rod Meade Sperry

On December 22, Rima Fujita’s book, “Tibetan Identity,” will be inaugurated by Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration.

Senauke was a musician, writer, and a major contributor to the Buddhist world, involved in the work of Buddhist Peace Fellowship, the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, and the Clear View Project, focused on affecting social change in Asia. In addition to being a writer and musician, Senauke was a major contributor to the Buddhist world and the work of Buddhist Peace Fellowship, the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, and the Clear View Project, focused on affecting social change in Asia.

"It's comforting to have nurses putting eyes on him in person," writes Senauke's wife, Laurie.

"If the practice of Zen meditation is translated into a national practice beyond our Buddhist community," says Monk Jin Woo, "humanity will surely undergo a great transformation.”

The subject of the ceremony was longtime Vajra Vidya Retreat Center resident, Amanda Atwood of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Peter Coyote looks back at his life in the arts, activism, politics, and Zen.

We’re pleased to announce that Buddhadharma has a fully revamped website where committed practitioners can deepen their practice and study of Buddhism.

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, a renowned scholar and one of the foremost teachers in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, died on June 22.

"Part of the content is even contrary to the teachings of Buddha dharma and may mislead and cause confusion among practitioners," one of the statements says.

The forthcoming film will offer a sci-fi twist on the lives of the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist figures Jetsun Milarepa and Marpa Lotsawa.

Buddhist author and professor Jeff Wilson is calling to save a major Buddhist Studies program at the University of Toronto.

Wes Nisker, the Oakland, California-based Buddhist teacher, author, and radio personality who went by “Scoop” — a nickname assigned to him thanks to Nisker’s coverage of the Chicago 7 trial (Nisker’s own website credits Abbie Hoffman with coining the name) — has died. Nisker was the founder and co-editor of Inquiring Mind, a journal for the Theravada/Insight Buddhist community, whose origin story is conveyed briefly on the journal’s online archive: In 1983, vipassana teacher Joseph Goldstein ask…

Buddhadharma editor Rod Meade Sperry introduces the Summer 2023 issue.

Rod Meade Sperry talks to Lama Justin von Bujdoss about the practice of “darkness retreat.”

Rod Meade Sperry talks to teacher, psychotherapist, and author Lama Tsomo about her new book “Deepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection.”

Lion’s Roar’s Rod Meade Sperry talks to Leigh Brasington about a new posthumous release from Ayya Khema, The Path to Peace: A Buddhist Guide to Cultivating Loving-kindness.

On April 22, Wynn Alan Bruce, a Buddhist climate activist from Colorado, self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.

The lyrics to Zopa’s new track capture “fellow wanderers in samsara taking refuge in love,” Michael Imperioli says.

Filmmaker Peggy Callahan and her colleague Dr. Elissa Epel are on a mission to spread the infectious laughter and wisdom of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Listen to Born I’s third single from his upcoming album, “Unenlightened.”