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4 Profound Short Books That Can Change Your Life

If you go to a library or a bookstore, you can find tens and hundreds of books in all kinds of genres. Choosing the right one would be a hard choice even for a veteran reader. However, there are a handful of short and poetic books that contain a lot…

Times Life · Feb 11

How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

In many religions and cultures, women who are menstruating or who just gave birth are not allowed to enter sacred sites, such as temples, or participate in religious rituals. This is because they are often seen as ritually impure.

The Conversation · Feb 5

7 Reasons Why Calling Hinduism a Religion Is Misleading

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥ Most people don’t wake up one day and decide to “follow” Hinduism. They grow into it through everyday life, through family habits, moral choices, festivals, food, and the way they are taught to understand success, failure, time, and responsibility. That is why many people…

Times Life · Jan 28

First female Archbishop of Canterbury still an outlier among world's top religious leaders

For the first time, a woman will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury, following the 105 men who have held the role since St. Augustine took that position in the year 597

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025

People Share The Most Glorious Instant Karma Manifestations They’ve Ever Seen

What’s the best case of Instant Karma you’ve witnessed?

Bored Panda · Oct 2, 2025

People Share The Most Glorious Instant Karma Manifestations They’ve Ever Seen

What’s the best case of Instant Karma you’ve witnessed?

Bored Panda · Oct 1, 2025

Tibetan Buddhist nuns are getting advanced degrees − and the Dalai Lama played a major role in that shift

In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are in preparation for one day receiving the geshema degree, comparable with…

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2025

Joanna Macy obituary

Environmental activist, author, scholar of Buddhism and pioneer of workshops to help people deal with anxiety

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2025

Ancient India, Living Traditions: an earnest effort to show how the art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is sacred and personal

The British Museum’s Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition brings together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It also encompasses the spread of the devotional art of these traditions to other parts of Asia.

The Conversation · Jul 30, 2025

It is becoming easier to create AI avatars of the deceased − here is why Buddhism would caution against it

In a story in the Buddhist canon, a grief-stricken mother named Kisa Gautami loses her only child and carries the body around town, searching for some way to resurrect the child.

The Conversation · Jul 29, 2025