Building a Buddhist Temple
The director and producer of Mr. Hu and the Temple discuss joint destiny, money-driven monks, and the fate of the ambitious dream to build a Buddhist temple in the Netherlands.
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The Business of Buddhist Temples
The merging of the merit and tourist economy in Chiang Mai’s city temples offers a way forward in the modern world—and an unexpected contrast between the stances of senior and junior monks
The Places We Go to Be Here
A former Zen monastic considers what makes a space sacred.
The Tree Guardians of Kyoto
The Japanese monastic tradition of forest stewardship goes back centuries.
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