The government plans to form a national body to address monk misconduct and online misinformation, following recent religious controversies.

In Tibetan Buddhism, bardo refers to the in-between state after death and before rebirth. It is a time when consciousness is less fixed, open to both change and confusion. A being may linger there for ...

The chapter on the fifth epoch offers fascinating retrospectives from a Sinhalese perspective on the beginnings of Buddhism in Germany. Editor Winfrid Liebrich, in his retirement, voluntarily built up ...

Non-Vedic trends — such as Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivikas — have been given considerable play in Truschke’s understanding of ...

Bhutan, the country that measures progress by Gross National Happiness, will host the Global Peace Prayer Festival from Nov 4–19. The 16-day event will gather top Buddhist leaders for rare rituals, ...

She’s of mixed race, her father being of Chinese descent, her mother Caucasian. Growing up in southeastern B.C., she and her ...

At the end of a torturous 10 days, Steve Kang descended to the depths of hell. While surgeons fought to save his life, he was ...

Mandala Theatre Nepal will stage a new production titled ‘Milarepa’, beginning on November 4, 2025 at 5:30 pm and running ...

"At that time, Silla had only recently embraced Buddhism, while Confucianism and Taoism remained largely unfamiliar. Drawing ...

The trouble with the new-age spiritual packages that come in the guise of philosophy is that they efface the sophisticated ...

In 2000, a psychic told her to go to New Orleans. She did, arriving there confused about life. "I had been exploring Buddhism and all kinds of mystic belief systems or practices and had really, ...

The 2024 National Census by the Department of Census and Statistics, reveals a rapidly ageing population and notable ethnic shifts.