Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful.E. F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful, 1973

Dharamsala, HP, India, 3 September 2013 (By Samuel Ivor, The Tibet Post International) - Addressing over 6000 devotees from 61 countries, including at least 450 guests from Southeast Asia, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet began His continued teaching on Shantideva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" at the Main Temple in Dharamshala, India.

Keighley Buddhists walked across Bronte Country to raise money to feed the hungry. 

First public showing of what's touted as the largest collection of Buddhist relics in the U.S. attracts hundreds of visitors.

Kakre Bihar Struggle Concern Committee today said it will organise a peace rally and street meeting in Kathmandu on August 29 to ‘ to press the government to address its demands’. 

The Diamond Way Buddhist Centre in Wellington will host a meditation and lecture course with Buddhist teachers Florinda & Guido Czeija, starting Thursday 5th September. The programme includes lectures by Buddhist teachers, questions & answers and guided meditation sessions. This is a unique opportunity to listen to Buddhist teachings presented from a secular perspective.

General-led study shows changes over time in areas associated with awareness, empathy, stress among others.

In the 1970s, Dr. Herbert Benson, a cardiac physician of the Harvard Medical School, did a study on a group of people who practice transcendental meditation (TM). The group, confining themselves twice daily for half an hour per session in a quiet room, sat with their eyes closed and mentally recited a mantra. Dr. Benson noticed that during the practice, the heart rate and breathing of these people became slower.

Nikini full moon day falling due one month after the commencement of “Wassana Kala“the rainy season: is of special significance for Buddhists due to a number of incidents that took place on this day.