Blinken posted photos of himself with monk Geshe Dorji Damdul on Twitter, indicating public support for Tibet. Plus, Myanmar suffers from severe flooding and two prominent Buddhists pass away.

A Tibetan-Canadian journalist reconnects with his culture and the dharma at a rare debate between lay practitioners and learned monastics.

After years of practice on a shoestring budget in the Canadian wilderness, Ajahn Sona has established Sitavana Monastery as a refuge and model of ecological mindfulness.