Xuanzang (602–664 AD), an illustrious monk in the Tang Dynasty, was one of the most important translators of Chinese Buddhism ...

NEW YORK — A few years ago, Peter Mendelsund lost the desire to read.

India has been the progenitor of several faiths and religions. From time to time, several philosophers were born who ...

When I met Pema, my practice formalized into Tibetan Buddhism. For seven-and-a-half years, we’ve been practicing together, meditating together, and now writing the book. I don’t think it’s ...

His go-to classic is by Joseph Campbell, and he admires “Brothers and Keepers” and “The New Jim Crow” on incarceration. “The ...

Yashodhara embodies pure love while Gopa embodies carnal love, in late Tantrik Buddhist texts, perhaps influenced by Krishna lore. In Pali versions, Buddha’s son Rahula is born on the day of his ...

and resilience found in the Bible’s Old and New Testaments and in Buddhist writings, including the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka and the Mahayana Sutras. A statement released by the dicastery earlier this ...

Heidi Chan, the wife of Macau’s casino magnate Alvin Chau, has turned to Buddhist and inner spiritual practices since her ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader has vowed to reveal a succession plan when his birthday is celebrated on July 6. He may get ...

To the uninitiated, the words abstinence and divestment may connote a sense of deprivation or sacrifice. When applied to a ...

When a bright-eyed, 17 year-old Michael Imperioli first moved to New York City in the early ’80s, just as he was beginning to ...

The Vu Lan – Filial Piety and Nation Programme 2025 was launched on Tuesday afternoon in Hà Nội by the Việt Nam Buddhist ...