Incantations, music, and chanting have been used in rites and rituals since the beginning of time, with roots in ancient ...

Namdol Phuntshok remembers carrying around rose beads and wearing only “red or yellow” so that her parents would understand her “calling” to become a nun. The young girl–when she failed to convince ...

Scandals, lavish lifestyles, and lack of transparency are eroding public trust in Thailand’s monkhood. Reform and community ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

A conference in Delhi commemorates the 90th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama, focusing on Buddha Dharma's relevance in the ...

Proposed law from the Buddhist Office targets both monks and laypeople, introducing criminal penalties for offences, as ...

The one Buddhist word many people know is karma. Some say it means good things happen to good people and bad to bad. Payback.

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will be reborn after he dies, and that the Tibetan Buddhist ...

Asalha Puja, known also as Dharma Day, commemorates the first sermon by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha (“enlightened one ...

Each year, the 4th of July allows all Americans opportunity to commemorate the birth of our nation. I hope yours was a day ...

The 14th Dalai Lama, who’s lived outside of Tibet since 1959 and just turned 90 years old, announced last week that he will be reincarnated. In other words, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism says ...

Dandadan has enthralled fans with its sci-fi story and humor, but fans are curious about the meaning of its unusual title.