Read an Aug. 8, 2002, article on Beliefnet.com (reprinted from The Dallas Morning News) about a Buddhist summer program for children, a kind of Buddhist version of Vacation Bible School.

Read a commentary from MyJewishLearning.com by Ira Rifkin, about Jews who are attracted to Buddhism (some call them JuBus).

Listen to a March 17, 2005, program from Minnesota Public Radio’s Speaking of Faith in which Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn speaks of “engaged Buddhism,” peace and mindfulness.

Read an interview from the May 2, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle with a Methodist-turned-Buddhist who took a six-year vow of silence.

View a multimedia presentation on the National Geographic website based on a December 2005 story in the magazine about the growth of Buddhism in the West. There is a link to an excerpt from the story (the full text is only available to subscribers).

Read a Nov. 9, 2005, Washington Post story describing the controversy linked to the Buddhist leader’s involvement with such scientific work.

Listen to a July 26, 2005, story from NPR’s Morning Edition in which scientists explore the idea that mindfulness and meditation can bring about a sense of well-being by changing the way the brain works. Part of that research involves studies of the brain activity of Buddhist monks.

The Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, founded in 1987, is the only residential Buddhist hospice in the United States and seeks to be open and present for those facing death. B.J. Miller is executive director.

The Buddhist Association of the United States operates the Chuang Yen Monastery, an education center in Carmel, N.Y., dedicated to explaining the different schools of Buddhism and the common beliefs uniting them.