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 ...

If no house of worship is built within a certain period, the state government will take back the land, he said in response to ...

A new report finds that the number of people choosing to disaffiliate from Christianity is increasing – and could overtake the nation's Christian majority.

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

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have had especially large losses. Pew Research Center.

Fasting is commonly used as a religious practice among religions such as Christianity, Buddhism and Islam. Other religions practice fasting, but these are accounted as the largest religions in the ...