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

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by ...

A collection of jewels and holy relics is set to be auctioned by the family of a colonial-era English explorer. Now, the ...

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

Thailand’s Buddhist community honored the late Pope Francis with a solemn memorial service on the evening of April 29 at Wat ...

Buddha Purnima is one of the most revered festivals in the Buddhist calendar, celebrated with deep spiritual enthusiasm ...

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies ... is the moral authority, and his status as the symbol of a nation, and a symbol of the aspiration ...

ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Foreign Buddhist practitioners and religious affairs officials said ... "The Lama Temple is a symbol of cultural connection between many different places," said Lharkyal ...

But no title would better fit the faith he professed—a religion whose God became bread ... Further reading: The child, a symbol of our own birth Gentleness and divisibility were, to the Greeks ...

Yunus said despite differences in beliefs, religions ... The International Buddhist Monastery, he said, is one of the symbols of communal harmony in Bangladesh. Since its inception, it has ...