The monks journey to Washington, D.C. concluded Wednesday with the same message they've shared for the 100-plus -day journey ...

With an estimated 500 million followers worldwide, Buddhism has had a far-reaching impact on constitutional design and reform in many countries. Yet, the relationship between the religion and this ...

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...

Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

David Guterson was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism at a young age via childhood neighbors. “By the time I was 17 or so, I was really interested in Tibetan Buddhism and that’s basically where this book ...

The monks in their saffron robes have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue dog Aloka. After spending ...

People watch as Buddhist monks arrive at the Kelaniya temple in Kelaniya on June 10, 2025, during the Poson Poya (full moon) ...

Buddhism began around 2,500 years ago. Its founder was a person known to history as Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born into a noble family in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, close to what is now the ...

One of the Buddha’s most-loved stories (he had a lot of them), concerned a event in which a number of blind men investigated an elephant. The occasion was famously described by the 19th century ...

In a recent article by Jarni Blakkarly, he generously featured my thoughts on the ethical role of faith, our capacity to relate to others with trust or "good faith," in supporting Buddhist practice.

Buddhism was attractive in this context as a diplomatic tool way to indicate that Japan had joined the Sinosphere. By becoming a Buddhist country like China, the country’s leaders believed, Japan ...