In recent years, many Buddhist nuns have taken on leadership roles that require either ordination status or academic degrees, all of which was quite unheard of in Buddhist monastic traditions in the ...

Michael Jackson, Spiderman, Harry Potter… expect to see some surprising inclusions at Wat Rong Khun, an extraordinary Thai Buddhist landmark.

Vol. 11, No. 2, Reformulating the Historiography of Late Chosŏn Buddhism (Special Issue) (October 2020), pp. 103-133 (31 pages) Published By: Institute for the Study of Religion, Sogang University, ...

If you pick up an article on the use of therapeutic mindfulness practices or Buddhist meditation in psychotherapy, you are almost certain to find that article begin by introducing such activities as a ...

The title for this page hopefully makes clear what readers can expect to find here in the future. After all, it would likely not be surprising to learn that something called “Therapy and Buddhist ...

Ashwini Bhatia / AP The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been ...

As the manager of the anesthesia department at Swedish Medical Center, Mitchell Ishikawa spends long, hectic hours attending to patients, surgeons and anesthesiologists. But when he gets home, he ...

Queen Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani, Thailand's Royal Noble Consort, visited Kushinagar to offer prayers at key ...

One of the most popular ambassadors of Buddhism in the West, the Dalai Lama, met with President Barack Obama in February. The meeting, which riled Chinese leaders, happened right after Tiger Woods ...

A rare Buddhist relic from the 3rd century BC was displayed publicly at Lalitgiri in Jajpur district during the Guru ...

Varanasi: Senior professor in department of Pali and Buddhist Studies at BHU and currently Vice-Chancellor of Nava Nalanda ...