Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

Gyalpo Lhosar, the New Year festival of the Sherpa community, is being observed across Nepal today with cultural programmes, religious rituals and the exchange of greetings, as national leaders ...

The monks journey to Washington, D.C. concluded Wednesday with the same message they've shared for the 100-plus -day journey ...

The forest ridge trail above the village of Rinchenpong in west Sikkim is a treasure trove of Buddhist culture and ...

A group of Buddhist monks, a day after completing a 108-day Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, walked to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before heading to the Lincoln Memorial ...

A new Tibetan Buddhist practice group is forming in Placerville, offering community members an opportunity to study and meditate within the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions.

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation of ‘Blood Pond Hell’ shows how far such beliefs go – and how women respond.

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. He was attempting to show that to fight all forms of oppression on equal ...

Bhutan, the country that measures progress by Gross National Happiness, will host the Global Peace Prayer Festival from Nov 4–19. The 16-day event will gather top Buddhist leaders for rare rituals, ...

With the Supreme Court agreeing to examine a plea for repealing the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949, tensions between Buddhists and Hindus may rise shortly. As it is, there is a long-standing belief that ...