In 1935, BR Ambedkar declared that he wouldn't die a Hindu. Twenty-one years later, after decades of fighting caste discrimination and examining other religions, he embraced Buddhism along with lakhs ...

In Hinduism, Shiva is a significant deity who governs destruction and regeneration, asceticism, and dance. He is worshipped ...

Key points of this article・Zen Buddhism is a stream of Buddhism that faces one's own mind directly through Zazen. In Japan, ...

(The Conversation) — I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist ...

However, he died a mere seven weeks later, leaving unwritten the books he had planned on making the religion ‘respectable to ...

When discussions about science and religion turn into debates about science versus religion, Buddhism mostly gets a pass. Thanks to the work of the Dalai Lama and others, Buddhism can seem far ...

Sudipto and Douglas trace the Buddhist revival in the 19th and 20th centuries through figures such as Anagarika Dharmapala, ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a religion in exile, forced from its homeland when Tibet was conquered by the Chinese. This article is a detailed look at its history and practices. Tibetan Buddhism is a religion ...

Dressed in flowing gold robes, the bald female meditation teacher told us to do nothing. We were to sit silently in our plastic chairs, close our eyes, and focus on our breath. I had never meditated, ...

The Ven. Jinwoo, head of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, called Thursday for a Buddhism that moves beyond the temple walls and “enters into the suffering of ...

Nichiren Buddhism differs from other schools of Buddhism in focusing on this world, and in its view that it is the only correct tradition. Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist movement in the ...