A woman meditates with friends in their residential community in London. An Indian Buddhist teaches meditation to hundreds of people in the crowded corridor of a Bombay slum. An artist struggles to create his latest Buddha statue, combining Greek forms with traditional ones. In a remote Spanish valley a man follows a simple life of renunciation. These are all images of people who follow the Buddha's teachings within the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order and the Western Buddhist Order. The FWBO is a worldwide Buddhist movement that provides a modern context for practising Buddhism. This is a clear introduction to the practices, ideas and significance of this growing Buddhist movement.