Plum Village reports that Thich Nhat Hanh’s health is stable despite social media posts claiming otherwise; Kalmyk Buddhists in Russia plan to build a university; and scholars look at the China-selected Panchen Lama’s political influence (or…

The number of US meditators has tripled since 2012, the Dalai Lama eyes a Pope-like succession, and Japanese monks bless old glasses. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week. The Panchen Lama Lives The Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism, is still…

Via The Tibet Post: London: China is set to announce a new constraint on Buddhists practicing in Tibet, with a barring of Buddhist monks outside of China to be recognized as a reincarnation of His Holiness…

Tsering Namgyal writes for phayul.com today that Arjia Rinpoche, former tutor to the last Panchen Lama, spoke to the Tibetan community in Minneapolis this week about his book Surviving the Dragon: A Tibetan Lama’s Account of…