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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not just in Buddhism, but worldwide, why have women been so neglected and overlooked for millennia?” said Palmo. About 100 nuns live and study at her Dongyu Gatsal Ling nunnery in India.

Researchers at Berlin's Ethnological Museum have virtually unfurled three ancient Buddhist Scrolls, bringing to light ...