The Mind & Life Institute, based in Massachusetts, is working to foster discussion and a research partnership involving science and Buddhism – studying, for example, the impact of meditation on the brain. It sponsors conferences exploring these issues, and holds a summer research institute.

Read a commentary from Beliefnet.com, by Rodger Kamenetz from Sept. 2, 2003 about Jews who are attracted to Buddhism (some call them JuBus).

Read a story from the May 2004 issue of Smithsonian magazine exploring what the Dalai Lama has to say about happiness, contentment and science.

Read a Sept. 19, 2004, story from The Boston Globe about Buddhist punk rockers.

Read the transcript from a Nov. 12, 2010, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly episode about Zen hospital chaplains who help patients of all faiths use Buddhist techniques to manage pain and suffering.

Read a June 17, 2012, guest column posted by The Washington Post, “What’s an American Buddhist?”

Read the transcript from a June 15, 2012, episode of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, about an American who is the first Westerner appointed abbot of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

Read a July 15, 2012, Seattle Times story about a former Buddhist monk who is now a developer and who applies many Buddhist precepts to his current occupation.

Read a July 19, 2012, column in The Huffington Post about the Pew study’s findings. It’s written by Khyati Y. Joshi, who served as an adviser on the study.