(AP) — As Buddhism has grown in the West and Asian Buddhist societies have been influenced by feminism, there’s more awareness of the importance of women’s leadership. This story is part of a series ...

Celebrated in the seventh lunar month, the Hungry Ghost Festival is a time to appease and honour ancestors and restless ...

Though born in Lumbini, Nepal, Buddha spent most of his life in India. He attained "enlightenment" in Bodhgaya and devoted the rest of the life teaching and preaching Buddhism. His teachings were ...

An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...

III International Buddhist Forum will be held in the capital of Kalmykia, Elista, from 25 to 28 September and will bring together guests from almost 35 countries.

Buddhism should be preserved in order to safeguard the sovereignty of the country, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said ...

We spoke with Pichaya Saisaengchan, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), about sustainable tourism in the ...

I have been studying the social dynamics of ancient Buddhism for decades now. This religion has irrevocably shaped the shared history and social structures of this subcontinent in ways we haven’t yet ...

Buddhism: Bihar is known as the birthplace of Buddhism. Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, and Vaishali are religious, historical, ...