Naotunne Vijitha has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual penetration of a child and committing an indecent act with a child under 16. The Buddhist monk is accused of luring six girls to his living ...

A scene from the dance production Qiuci, which will premiere at the Shanghai Culture Square on Nov 7. It revolves around life story of the legendary Buddhist scholar Kumarajiva. [Photo provided to ...

Is it possible to feel physical pain without suffering? For thousands of years, that question has fueled Buddhist mindfulness practices that combat pain relief by embracing the inevitability of ...

India has recovered a set of relics linked to early Buddhism more than a century after they were removed from the country during the British colonial period, officials said on July 30. The Piprahwa ...

Buddhists accounted for about 4.1% of the global population in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Between 2010 and 2020, the global Buddhist population declined by roughly 5%, from around 343 ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...

After discussing the relationship between Judaism, Halakha, and Hinduism last week, I will continue to address the other Dharmic religions. The Dharmic religions originate from the Indian subcontinent ...

Buddhist monks and nuns who live in eastern Prince Edward Island say they were disappointed to hear some of the concerns expressed at a planning meeting this past week in the Town of Three Rivers. The ...

The Tibetan Buddhist community in Minnesota recently celebrated a special spiritual milestone—honoring 18-year-old Jalue Dorje as a reincarnated lama, recognized by the head of Tibetan Buddhism, the ...

City aims to be economic hub linking South and Southeast Asia Fixed deposits to raise funds from non-resident Bhutanese Autonomous city to be base for range of businesses and services Goal is to woo ...

Yale scholar David Moe explores the faith and identity of ethnic minorities in his home country of Myanmar. The rural Chin village in the mountains of Myanmar where scholar David Moe was born in 1983 ...

Shangri-la is best-known as a fictional place—an idyllic valley first imagined by a British novelist in the 1930s—but look at a map and you’ll find it. Sitting at the foot of the Himalayas in ...