Yes. But it probably helps a lot to just be a Buddhist for a few years so you know what being a Buddhist monk is like.

2015年2月11日 · Someone was bound to make a documentary about Nicholas "Nicky" Vreeland, because there are only so many wealthy white guys who chuck it all for life as a Buddhist monk.

2023年11月4日 · In front of the main railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a golden statue of Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907). Olcott was a U.S. Civil War veteran and insurance lawyer …

Judge Charles T. Murray of the California Supreme Court laid bare the underlying pattern in 1854, just one year after the Sze Yip Trading Company built America’s first Buddhist temple in San …

2020年8月5日 · I myself am new to studying Buddhism and shared similar fears at the beginning as a white American male, but once I started readings and studying I realized that none of the …

Hello all! As the title says, I am a white guy wanting to convert to Buddhism. I’ve been interested in the religion since I first learned of it in middle school. I really enjoy the karma, reincarnation, …

Disinterested historians describe Henry Steel Olcott as the president-founder of the Theosophical Society, one of America’s first Buddhists, and an important contributor to both the Indian …

2021年7月9日 · Devon Matsumoto, 23, a social worker in the San Francisco Bay Area, grew up going to his Japanese Buddhist temple nearly every day. But when he saw Buddhism depicted …

2020年7月24日 · There is, however, a notable silence from Buddhist communities dominated by white practitioners. Buddhism is a small religious community with only 7% of the global …

2020年5月21日 · The chapter explores the monastic politics of ordination and compares the lineages created by Ananda Metteyya and Dhammaloka. It looks at a wide range of early …