Swami Sarvapriyananda's 'Fullness Emptiness' brings out similarities between Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism.

Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

Many people associate Buddhism with meditation and peaceful philosophy, but Buddhist traditions also include detailed descriptions of hell realms. Known as Naraka, these realms appear in early texts ...

Buddhism has a long history in America. In the 1800s, Chinese migrants working in the gold rush and building railroads brought their Buddhist beliefs and practices with them. Today, ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great, Greek culture spread across Central Asia and came into contact with emerging Buddhist traditions. In regions such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern ...

You’ve seen it in bookstores – the metallic turquoise spine peeking out from the shelf under “Eastern Religions.” Or, perhaps, another of its more understated editions rendered in muted tones. It is ...

Researchers at Kyoto University have developed Buddharoid. This is an AI-powered humanoid robot designed to act like a Buddhist priest, amid Japan’s priest shortage.

Myanmar's junta has continued to carry out airstrikes against territory held by armed resistance groups even after securing a landslide victory in January elections touted as a return to civilian rule ...

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday urged the Union government to undertake detailed excavation of an ancient Buddhist ...

‎Speaking in the house, Kharge called for urgent archaeological work at the Kalaburagi site, saying several historical remains linked to the spread of Buddhism in the region had not yet been properly ...

Richmond is one of Canada’s most culturally diverse cities. One aspect of that is the presence of unique Buddhist temples within our boundaries. Three of the largest temples also represent their own ...

Parvathy Baul aims to reclaim Baul music's historical roots in the Buddhist Sahajiya tradition through performances of ...