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09/30/2025

Here is the video of my talk on the subject of Buddhist practice in the age of AI, given at the Buddhistdoor Global 30th anniversary conference in Vancouver earlier this month. Please share widely.

On 3 September 2025, Buddhistdoor celebrated its 30th anniversary with a symposium at Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society in Vancouver. The symposium featured ...

09/19/2025

Honoured to have published https://sumeru-books.com/products/this-fragile-planet

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as Environmentalist and Global Citizen Shortly after going into exile, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama began to reflect deeply on humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Recognizing early on that environmental protection was not only a scientific concern b...

09/05/2025

Buddhistdoor Global marks its 30th anniversary and looks ahead to future development with a conference for its cherished columnists

09/01/2025

My latest article is about Buddhist publishing in the age of artificial intelligence:

Even as AI helps with digitization and innovation, should Buddhist voices speak out about AI’s dangers: surveillance, inequality, and erosion of compassion

08/30/2025

Next book to be published by Sumeru:

Kody Muncaster, PhD ISBN 978-1-998248-15-5/ 126 pages / 6.14" x 9.21" / Bibliography included. Q***r Engaged Buddhism explores the relationship between q***r and trans theories and Buddhist scriptures across traditions, to begin a q***r and trans approach to socially engaged Buddhism.

08/26/2025

In 1377, long before Gutenberg’s press, Korean scholars were already producing books with movable metal type. This invention transformed how knowledge was spread, allowing texts to be copied and shared faster than ever before. What Europeans would later hail as a revolutionary idea had already been quietly shaping the Korean world centuries earlier.

One of the earliest surviving works is the Jikji, a Buddhist text printed in Cheongju during the Goryeo Dynasty. UNESCO now recognizes it as the world’s oldest book made with metal type. Remarkably, this was nearly 80 years before Gutenberg printed his famous Bible. The fact that a spiritual text was chosen also shows how important Buddhism was in Korea’s cultural and intellectual life at the time.

The Jikji that survives today is incomplete, with only one copy preserved in France, yet its significance cannot be overstated. It proves that Korea had not only mastered printing but also understood the power of mass production of ideas. It stands as a reminder that innovation is not owned by one nation or era but can spark across civilizations, often earlier than most people realize.

08/26/2025

Un sentier intérieur finally out in the world along with its English twin, The Inner Path!

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08/17/2025

100 copies of the French edition and 20 of the English edition on their way into the Québec prison system, thanks to the generosity of a donor.

Un sentier intérieur: Introduction à la pratique bouddhiste pour les personnes en prison, par Acharya Samaneti ISBN 978-1-998248-14-8 / 142 pages / 4" x 7" / illustré / Disponible le 9 Août 2025 Ce livre est offert gratuitement à toutes les personnes incarcérées, en détention provisoire, en ...

08/14/2025

Reading leads to so many new adventures!

08/12/2025

Available next month, from Sumeru.

08/12/2025

60 copies just went to Allegheny County Correctional Facility and 30 copies are on their way to the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, thanks to the generosity of patrons who underwrote the initiative!

The Inner Path: An introduction to Buddhist practice for prisoners Acharya Samaneti ISBN 978-1-998248-10-0