Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

In a landmark resolution, the Indian Himalayan Council of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition urged Prime Minister Modi to award the ...

In Tuesday's Hoffman v. Westcott, the Court denied a stay of execution; Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would have granted a stay, but didn't write ...

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — On the day that Louisiana's first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the ...

Greek Buddhist monk’s four decades of meditation practice culminates in new publication examining how meditation can lead to ...

Marvin Straus "We have always cared about all living things" In 2008, before undergoing a heart transplant, my husband ...

Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist monastery in southern Myanmar, as they prepare to enter a period of monkhood ...

Buddhism as a Cultural Ambassador Soft power is the power to affect others by influencing culture, values, and ideology ...