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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thailand's head of the National Office for Buddhism Pongporn Pramsaneh, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Bell-like and pure, an angelic, recorded voice pierces the quiet, climbing up octaves, soon joined by 60 live ones: Softly blew the breezes on that glorious morn / In Lumbini’s garden where Siddartha ...

This article examines the process by which Buddhism became a "religion" in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). As part of the climate of modernization, foreigners, government officials, and the press ...

The Varieties of Religious Therapy (VRT) is a blog series featuring representatives from twelve belief systems discussing how they integrate faith with their approach to psychotherapy. This ...

A session on religious harmony and cultural exchange was held on March 27 as part of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026. The session, themed 'Myriad Mirrors Illuminate Each Other, Harmony ...

I grew up in Sri Lanka. Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea ...

While Myanmar’s strict curbs on religious freedom continue to draw international scrutiny, its lax enforcement of noise limits is attracting the ire of locals. Residents of the densely populated ...