(The Conversation) — A scholar of digital religion and Buddhism argues that not all Western Buddhism practice is inauthentic. Here’s a way to know what’s real.

The essence of Western Buddhism, he declares, is One Dharma: "experiencing the essential point common to all the teachings." ...

At a conference for Western Buddhist teachers some years ago, the Venerable Thubten Chodron and other monastics complained to the Dalai Lama about the difficulties they faced: lack of finances ...

Challenges facing Western Buddhism Traditionally, Buddhism has definitely emphasized personal responsibility for our own dukkha and awakening. This is, of course, utterly essential.

The writers engage the issue of color vis-à-vis Buddhist teachings in different ways and to varying degrees. Some reflect primarily on the power the teachings have to bring personal healing after ...

“Buddhism for Western Children” is based in part on the author’s own childhood experiences belonging to a cultlike community of enlightenment seekers.

Living Western-style Buddhism symposium set to draw 500 practitioners to Pioneer Valley looking to make a difference Published: Aug. 07, 2010, 11:05 a.m.

Bates College professor John Strong has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to support research into ways in which Westerners have responded to Buddhist relics.

Yet, Buddhism’s reach has not permeated Western culture’s roots. Instead, it has mainly gained traction among the educated, upper stratum of Western society.

The Western Maine Buddhism seminar, which met Sunday afternoon at the University of Maine at Farmington, gathered longtime practitioners and neophytes to the religion.