If you go to a shrine, there is a torii gate. There is a worship hall, and a deity is enshrined there.If you go to a temple, there is a Buddhist statue, and a monk chants sutras.For us today, the ...

Buddhism changed many times, from early Buddhism to Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. BR Ambedkar’s Navayana Buddhism was another stage in this long process of adaptation. How did it reshape an ...

Why did the Japanese people not choose between "Kami or Buddha"?Last time, we looked at the path that Buddhism, born in India ...

(The Conversation) — I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist ...

Now, Korean Buddhism must not remain confined within mountain gates but must become a Buddhism that enters the world’s pain, ...

When World War II ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender in August 1945, the various sects of Japanese Buddhism lost the foundation they had all shared in State Shintō, falling into a state of ...

When discussions about science and religion turn into debates about science versus religion, Buddhism mostly gets a pass. Thanks to the work of the Dalai Lama and others, Buddhism can seem far ...

A bhikkhunī is a fully ordained Buddhist nun. Bhikkhunīs live by the Vinaya, a set of monastic rules and ethical precepts. The total of codes of conduct prescri ...

Ambiguity looms in India after India-China talks Prabhat Ranjan Deen prabhatranjandeen@gmail.com The September 2026 BRICS ...

Nichiren Buddhism differs from other schools of Buddhism in focusing on this world, and in its view that it is the only correct tradition. Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist movement in the ...

A new cookbook from the acclaimed Le Bernardin chef calls for mindfulness and gratitude in the kitchen — lessons he learned ...