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

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

The Dalai Lama has been such a thorn in the side of China. He influences thought in Tibet and Tibetans are the object of ...

By Joseph Masilamany On June 28 in Kuala Lumpur, a group of Malaysians gathered near Dataran Merdeka to call for greater ...

Since Buddhism is hardly present in countries with the highest birth rates, its decline largely reflects the demographic decline in countries like China or Japan.

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government can withdraw approval for land earmarked for non-Muslim houses of worship if they are not ...

On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

In the Christian-majority Houston metro, Buddhists only make up about 2 percent of the population, according to data from the ...

SEOUL: Catholic Church officials in South Korea have unveiled the remains of four martyrs who sacrificed their lives during ...

Religious traditions of the world : a journey through Africa, Mesoamerica, North America, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, China, and Japan / edited by H. Byron Earhart Smithsonian ...

Ten Modern Mystics and Their Extraordinary Lives” is an impressive work of participatory journalism. Pintak, “an avid student of the perennial truths at the core of the world’s religions,” not only ...