I’ve published many books, but I never expected that a book explaining Buddhist scriptures and doctrines would be more ...

With the ongoing hunger strike of Sonam Wangchuk, many people are revisiting the values that have shaped his work over the ...

Buddhist meditation centers and temples in coronavirus-hit countries around the world have been closed to the public in order to comply with social distancing measures. In Asia, Buddhist monks have ...

The Doctrine, Without the Distance Pratityasamutpada is usually translated as "dependent origination", the Buddhist teaching ...

A British man has become the first foreign-born supreme monk in Thailand, after moving to the country almost 50 years ago in ...

A Buddhist monk sits in front of a classroom of children in a small town in rural Myanmar. He chants lines which the students dutifully repeat, as they do every week at these Buddhist ‘Sunday school’ ...

As many of you know, I write about Buddhism, not as a religion, but as a practical path for finding a measure of peace and contentment in life. Historically, the word “Buddhism” is a fairly recent ...

The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion. Such representation may make it appear that Buddhist teachings and practices are grounded in ...

Robots may not be the most traditional means of spreading Buddhist teachings, but one Chinese temple is giving it a go. By working with engineers and artificial intelligence experts from some of China ...