As Chade-Meng Tan points out in his lastest blog post, enlightenment can look good. At least, that’s what this first century Gandharan representation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, seems to indicate. Look at those abs! Meng…

This picture was taken from the 30th floor of the UN Millennium Hotel in New York City, where a couple Tricyclers were fortunate enough to get together with Karen Armstrong, a historian of religion and recent…

Before somebody cries foul, let me be clear: you won’t find the Buddhist big-twitters on this list. Everybody knows the Dalai Lama is worth following (or at least, as of this moment, 560,521 tweeps think so).…