In East Asia, Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s death and entrance into final enlightenment in February. But at my local Zen temple in North Carolina, the Buddha’s enlightenment is commemorated during ...

Admittedly, I have not studied Buddha but have heard words of wisdom expressed over the years that allude to the philosophy. To begin and appropriately so, patience and open-mindedness are indeed the ...

What is philosophy worth? Some would say “not much.” We’ve heard from a number of well-known scientists in recent years denigrating the value of philosophy, such as Stephen Hawking and Lawrence Krauss ...

Uttam Khobragade is a retired bureaucrat, Dalit activist and member of All India Congress Committee (AICC). The origin of religion is as complex as religion itself. The earliest religion being totemic ...

Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama around 2,500 years ago. It has since spread from the Far East into Western thought, and influenced societies around the world especially since the Sixties ...