Richard Gere and his wife, Alejandra Silva, shared rare insights into their marriage in a recent interview. Gere revealed the ...

Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva solve family problems by drawing on Buddhism because it brings peace and calmness.

Have you ever met someone who, within minutes, made you feel completely at ease? They weren’t trying too hard, they didn’t ...

Bhutan's Global Peace Prayer Festival has begun, featuring Buddhist rituals and the Kalachakra Empowerment. The event unites ...

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An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...

Buddhism, venerable and ancient world religion, has lately found itself in the thick of a cutting-edge dialogue with modern science. This dialogue has included the Mind & Life conferences, where the ...

Buddhism began around 2,500 years ago. Its founder was a person known to history as Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born into a noble family in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, close to what is now the ...

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly invited several scholars to comment on the divisions and direction of Buddhism in America today: Carl Bielefeldt is professor of religious studies and co-director of the ...

In a recent article by Jarni Blakkarly, he generously featured my thoughts on the ethical role of faith, our capacity to relate to others with trust or "good faith," in supporting Buddhist practice.

Buddhism in Japan today is made up of many different sects or schools, each with its own set of teachings, normally drawing on traditions and doctrines associated with a particular set of sutras. Most ...