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 ...

Local leaders in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism discuss their faith. "You feel the rivalry every snap, ...

Since the late 1990s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has institutionalized its monitoring of Tibetan Buddhism. Currently, ...

Richard Gere is hoping to share the story of one of his closest friends for nearly half a century, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Gere, 76, is the executive producer of Wisdom of Happiness, a ...

Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased ...

Buddhist leaders and representatives from Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos joined a recent summit in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to push for regional unity and peace based on shared spiritual values.

In land-starved Hong Kong a tiny, no-frills apartment far from the city center can eat up half of a monthly salary. But for ...

Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama’s relationship dates back to over 40 years ago. Richard widely regards him as a friend, mentor, and spiritual teacher ...

Researchers have documented, analyzed, and measured Buddhist buildings as part of several expeditions and preserved some of ...

Patti Smith, the celebrated rock poet who won a National Book Award for ‘Just Kids,’ revisits her hard-scrabble childhood, ...