My Methodist heart was 'strangely warmed' in the dead of winter in North Carolina by a stalwart group of Buddhist monks ...

Michael Jackson, Spiderman, Harry Potter… expect to see some surprising inclusions at Wat Rong Khun, an extraordinary Thai Buddhist landmark.

He rose to international prominence during waves of anti-Muslim unrest in the 2010s. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

When I first saw photos of them on Facebook, I didn’t think it was a big deal. Monks on a peace walk? In the past, I’ve participated in these with the folks from the Leverett Peace Pagoda. They ...

Buddhism does not center on a creator god, but that doesn’t make it atheist in the modern sense. The Buddha avoided ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

Korean shamanism predates Buddhism and Confucianism, yet it continues to shape Korean spirituality today. Shamans act as ...

When the Pew Research Center asked Mainers in 2023 and 2024 what religions they followed, the most common answer wasn’t Catholicism or Evangelical Protestantism. It was “nothing in particular.”  But ...

When the number six (6) and its divinity is considered, the widely held belief—especially among Christians—that the triple ...

Following the teachings of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Marilyn Silverstone devoted the last twenty years of her eventful life to ...

Testimony cited in The Hague shows how influential monks abandoned compassion to serve power and impunity, offering religious cover for the military’s violence.

Greensboro resident Brian Hoskins was one of many in attendance for the midday program. He says he was moved by the monks’ ...