Roasted soyabeans are thrown to drive away devils during the spring festival called Setsubun in Japan writes Ranjeni A Singh If you see somebody throwing soyabeans on the street you will call the guy ...

Roasted soyabeans are thrown to drive away devils during the spring festival called Setsubun in Japan writes Ranjeni A Singh If you see somebody throwing soyabeans on the street you will call the guy ...

They were stunned that the airman spoke to them in what they considered Japanese ... a Buddhist memorial service for the three dead crew members. Ichijima asked his son to chant a sutra in English.

Buddhism in modern Japan is more than just a religion; it is a cultural and philosophical influence that shapes everyday life ...

The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. However, his relationship ...

Two seasoned trip planners on how to best tour the Golden Route through five cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

In his new memoir "Things Become Other Things," photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to ...

Under the leadership of Buddhist Master Sheng Yen (聖嚴), who died in 2009 ... cultivated food crops as well as religious devotion. The text of the Diamond Sutra adorns an external wall at Nung Chan ...

Jizō Bosatsu, known as Kṣitigarbha in Sanskrit, is one of the most beloved bodhisattvas in East Asian Buddhism. Revered as ...