Thai Buddhist temples have over 410bn baht in savings across 39,000 accounts, ONB reveals amid embezzlement probe involving ...

HANOI: Yen Tu-Vinh Nghiem-Con Son-Kiep Bac Complex of Monuments and Landscapes was recognised as a world cultural heritage at ...

Namdol Phuntshok remembers carrying around rose beads and wearing only “red or yellow” so that her parents would understand her “calling” to become a nun. The young girl–when she failed to convince ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

In the past, Myanmar's army has said it only attacks legitimate targets of war, accusing the resistance forces of being ...

Proposed law from the Buddhist Office targets both monks and laypeople, introducing criminal penalties for offences, as ...

The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some say it means good things happen to good people and bad to bad. Payback.

Asalha Puja, known also as Dharma Day, commemorates the first sermon by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha (“enlightened one ...

What does it truly mean to live a good life? It doesn’t take a secret mantra or single act. In Buddhism, living a good life ...

Anime characters often face challenges that connect to long-standing Buddhist and Shintō teachings. In this course, students ...

The author and lifelong student of the late Zen master Shunryu Suzuki now brings to life the founding Suzuki's center of ...

The Dalai Lama, who is celebrating his 90th birthday on Sunday, made these comments during a ceremony organized by his ...