Max Zahn

Q&A with Jacquetta Gomes

The first female Buddhist fire chaplain

By Max Zahn

Spring 2016

Buddha Buzz Winter 2015

All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more

By Max Zahn

Winter 2015

Prominent Buddhist Scholar Rita Gross Suffers Massive Stroke

Known for her groundbreaking work on gender and religion, the Buddhist teacher, author, and feminist is now in hospice care.

By Max Zahn

Nov 02, 2015

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Talking Buddha, Talking Christ

In his address to Congress, Pope Francis drew attention to an unlikely American: the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who played no small role in popularizing Buddhism in the West.

By Max Zahn

Sep 30, 2015

Buddha Buzz Fall 2015

The Buddha tweets back, dharma dating, and a closet Buddhist quiz

By Max Zahn

Fall 2015

Buddha Buzz Summer 2015

All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more.

By Max Zahn

Summer 2015

Trike Daily Society & Environment

The Jig Is Up

Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, can put an end to extremist Buddhist violence in his country. But will he?

By Max Zahn

Apr 14, 2015

Books in Brief

Recent reviews of Buddhist books

By Max Zahn

Spring 2015

Mummified Monk Found Inside Ancient Statue

After a mini-controversy only a few weeks ago regarding a 200-year-old corpse found in full lotus in Mongolia, the internet sensation over mummified Buddhists is back from the dead with new reports of a human skeleton discovered inside a Chinese Buddhist statue from the 12th century. Researchers at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands had long suspected […]

By Max Zahn

Feb 25, 2015