BEIJING – One of China's highest-ranking Buddhist monks is facing a government investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct, in what is seen by some as an indication the #MeToo movement is ...

The downfall of Shi Yongxin, the once-untouchable abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple, has thrown fresh light on the precarious ...

It revolves around life story of the legendary Buddhist scholar Kumarajiva. [Photo provided to China Daily] In Chang'an, ...

Disney’s original Mulan is one of the most famous Hollywood movies set in China, however, it declines to explore the rich history of Chinese Buddhism. There’s a very specific reason for this. Here’s ...

BEIJING — One of China’s highest-ranking Buddhist monks is facing a government investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct, in what is seen by some as an indication the #MeToo movement is ...

One of China’s former highest-ranking Buddhist monks sexually harassed nuns, China’s top religious regulator said Thursday, just weeks after he strongly denied the accusations against him. In a ...

In early 526, a Chinese emperor granted a personal audience to an elderly Buddhist monk. The monk, Daodu, explained to Emperor Liang Wudi that he had grown weary of “this physical frame.” The body “is ...

Bapat, P. V./A. Hirakawa: 善見毘婆沙, Shan-Chien-P'i-P'o-Sha, A Chinese Version by Saṇghabhadra of Samantapāsādikā. Poona 1970. Bartholomeusz, T.: “The ...

The owner first suspected the bronze deity might be worth more than she paid for after taking it on the 'Antiques Roadshow.' This gilt-bronze figure of the Chinese Buddhist deity Cintamanicakra ...

In China today, there’s little that money can’t buy — even when it comes to faith. Many of the country’s most popular Buddhist sites are chock-full of cure-all tonics and overpriced incense. For the ...