In an era of geopolitical uncertainty, punctuated by trade wars, rising costs, and fractured alliances, diplomacy is ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's rare visit to Tibet has underscored Beijing's push to tighten control over the region, marking ...

From monks in the resistance to pagodas as revolutionary bases, Buddhism has been deeply embedded in Vietnam’s national ...

The trip underscores Beijing’s focus on tightening party control over ethnic minorities, especially in the restive region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping took a jab at the Dalai Lama while in Tibet, alluding to a need for greater control over "religious affairs." ...

W hen teaching “ Buddhism and v iolence ”, I usually start by asking students to rank religious groups in the order of how many followers each has in the Army. Typically, Christians are at the ...

Much of the global population suffers from chronic pain. Here’s what we can learn from Buddhism about how to manage it.

Their rearticulation of "Eastern Buddhism" was prompted by the Meiji Restoration, whereby Buddhism was connected with a nationalist identity and reinterpreted to appeal to the Western-educated ...

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 ...

While addressing to a crowd of 20,000 in Lhasa, Xi Jinping highlighted the political importance of the visit amid ongoing ...

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 ...