Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the west. One of the features of this religion that can help to account for its growth is that many don't consider Buddhism a religion at all. Is ...

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

How the 2026 Academy Awards was able to pit faith against religion. “Now, in 2026, Hollywood is finally developing a synthesis: Faith is bad when it is an organized (particularly Christian) religion, ...

Last Monday I spent an hour listening to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak on the issue of science and Buddhism. The occasion was a private luncheon for friends, donors, and faculty of the ...

Great thinkers and everyday people have long pondered how to reconcile the deep-rooted differences between science and religion. At first glance, it can seem an insurmountable task. The debate pits ...

Learn about the First Buddhist Council, its history, purpose, leaders, and key outcomes the First Buddhist Council.

(The Conversation) — Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity of beliefs and practices in this tradition. (The ...

One of the Buddha’s most-loved stories (he had a lot of them), concerned a event in which a number of blind men investigated an elephant. The occasion was famously described by the 19th century ...

SEOUL — A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of ...

Across faiths, even gossip, greed, disrespect, and superstition can carry moral weight and shape the soul over time in daily life.

Katherine Nguyen stood with hands folded and head bowed at the altar of a Buddhist temple in Southern California. Related ...