Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

Recognised worldwide in his red robes and with his wide smile, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th dalai lama, describes himself as a ...

The birthday party capped a week of celebrations, during which the Nobel Peace Prize winner said he plans to reincarnate ...

On New Year’s Day especially, prayers pile up at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan. Written on wooden plaques, called ema, these wishes float to the heavens. “Find me. Love ...

Buddhist thangka paintings are visually captivating and impressive — but there is more to them than meets the eye. Thangkas often focus on a specific deity and scene, and their form and surrounding ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, extending his warm wishes on the occasion, said that the Tibetan leader has been an enduring ...

San Jose's Obon Festival is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The festival's big attraction is the traditional Bon Odori, in which hundreds of people perform a community dance.

The Dalai Lama says he hopes to live until he is over 130 years old, a remark he made during a ceremony organized by his ...

On Sundays, dozens of Buddhist temple members join together to sing songs, or gathas, in a small room at Densho in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood. But the local nonprofit building isn ...

The fire at a Mission Buddhist temple residence near 22nd and Capp streets on Tuesday left four residents displaced, of 15 living in the adjacent building, according to the San Francisco Fire ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of Buddhism explains authentic ways to engage deeply with the tradition, ranging from short meditation retreats to full ordination as a monastic.

A 13th century stone inscription of an endowment for a Buddhist monastery was discovered in Jagadap in Krishnagiri.