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In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged Sri Lanka's holy city of Kandy on Friday at the start of a rare display of a prized ...
Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a ...
No matter what we do, no matter how we try, life changes—and that was the theme of the dismantling of the sand mandala, by ...
The Saraha Nyingma Buddhist Institute is raising money for security system after years worth of vandalism took its toll ...
The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.
India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its ...
The Palestinian Red Crescent is demanding an international investigation into the Israeli attack last month on a convoy of ...
Warrior clans and civil war challenged an imperial court that had dominated the political landscape for centuries, and armed conflicts resulted in sacred Buddhist temples burning to the ground. These ...
It depicts a young American woman who is interested in joining a yearlong meditation program at a Buddhist temple, even though Thai temples do not offer such programs. It also portrays a temple ...
These protests are the latest chapter in a decades-old dispute over who controls one of the holiest sites in Buddhism. Buddhists want the repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949 (BGTA), under which ...
Major Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic groups urge Thai government to drop the casino bill, warning of moral decline and serious social consequences. Four major religious organisations in Thailand ...