These are trying times. A global recession sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, and widespread civil unrest, have created a combustible mix of angst – stressors that heighten the risk for long-term ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Beijing has decided to ditch traditional ways and use technology to attract followers. Longquan temple says it has developed a robot monk that ...

One of the greatest twists in the recent history of nonfiction came at the end of Sam Harris’s The End of Faith (2004). The book gave physical form to the message-board atheism of the early internet ...

Last Monday I spent an hour listening to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak on the issue of science and Buddhism. The occasion was a private luncheon for friends, donors, and faculty of the ...

Great thinkers and everyday people have long pondered how to reconcile the deep-rooted differences between science and religion. At first glance, it can seem an insurmountable task. The debate pits ...

*Originally published on October 2, 2020. When Evan Thompson was just eight, he read a biography of the Buddha. He grew up around renowned Buddhist teachers. At university, he studied Buddhist ...

When discussions about science and religion turn into debates about science versus religion, Buddhism mostly gets a pass. Thanks to the work of the Dalai Lama and others, Buddhism can seem far ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Here is some sad news, courtesy of the Pew ...

It began 2,500 years ago in Northern India. Over the centuries it spread ever eastward. Moving south it moved into Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Moving north it reached Tibet and then expanded across ...

Donald Lopez is on a mission. In his “role as a scholar,” he feels called “to protect, preserve, and defend the religion that he studies.” More specifically in this book, he seeks resolutely to ...

Science can be defined as a rigorous empirical investigation of reality with the goal of discovering and explaining natural phenomena and predicting how they function. Its field of study covers not ...

We live in a scientific age, in which science has influenced practically every aspect of our lives. Science has had a profound impact, both positive and negative on society. Although, both Buddhism ...