7 Jul 2025 - 1:02am

Has pacifism doomed Tibet? The Dalai Lama has become a curio

Kapil Komireddi

29.02

What’s the point of self-immolation? It is a uniquely paradoxical form of protest

Sam Leith

25.12

CS Lewis and the myth of Christmas Sometimes the imagination needs to be given free rein

Christopher Harding

09.11

Does a near-death experience change you? Nearly losing your life can help you make sense of it

Michael Bond

13.04

The Dalai Lama’s greatest failure Western Buddhism has been mugged by capitalism

Giles Fraser

20.07

How the Moonies took over Japan Politicians have murky ties to sinister cults

Philip Patrick

08.11

Leonard Cohen was enslaved by Eros He elevated sex to the sublime life force of creation

Maurice Glasman

26.03

The dark side of Buddhism

Michael Burleigh