This book, meant to be a short and understandable introduction to Buddhism in a series about the world’s belief systems, succeeds in many respects. It contains plenty of instructive material, ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Founded in India, Buddhism also found a fertile ground in Southeast Asia, where it took root and flourished for centuries, shaping the region’s socioeconomic, political, cultural, ...

A majority of adults still identify with their childhood religion, but 35% don’t. Read about when and why Americans may ...

When you cover religion for a living, Sunday mornings can lose their sacred quality. Church becomes your office, and after years of taking notes in pews across the region, the idea of attending ...

A Buddhist monk's leg was amputated after a crash near Houston. He says it's propelled his mission of spreading peace.

Personality refers to the unique set of characteristics, traits, behaviours, and patterns of thinking that define an individual’s distinct identity and influence how they interact with others and ...

In my formative years, religion and spirituality showed up on Sunday mornings, Wednesday nights, and during bedtime prayers. While TV preachers showed up on television from time to time, for most ...

At the ceremony, I was given the name Dvesatya (pronounced Dvay-SUHT-yuh). My teacher, Shinkyu Brian Coté, explained: “In Sanskrit, dve is ‘two.’ Satya is ‘truth, reality, things as they are.’ ...

Stephen Batchelor, a teacher and former Buddhist monk who rose to prominence after the publication of 1997’s Buddhism without Belief s, offers a philosophical exploration of secular Buddhism in his ...

On Sunday, Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, celebrated his 90th birthday. He has long said that at this point, he would make a decision about his succession plans: according to Tibetan Buddhist belief, ...