Buddhism News

The 27th General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists will be held in northwest China's Shaanxi Province in October, WFB secretary-general said here Friday.

Binod Kumar , a resident of Antichak near the ruins of the ancient seat of learning at Vikramshila, said public representatives have ignored the development of the heritage site.

The stars have aligned this year for a long weekend of religious celebrations for Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox communities and Buddhists alike.

Quartet. Describing this music as Coltrane-influenced simply doesn't do it justice.

It's easier to talk about Jesus than Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping on Weibo, China's massive Twitter-like social media platform.

As a Tibetan Buddhist monk, Chodha believes in reincarnation, but the answer was not metaphysical.

An exhibit of Hindu and Buddhist sculptural works from first-millennium Southeast Asia opens next week at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Vesak is a Buddhist holiday celebrating the Buddha's birth, and is celebrated on various days in the Spring, depending on the country.

The last five months of struggle by anti-government protesters have been a disappointment due to the absence of a strong Buddhist influence.

And yet, as much as Martin Heidegger is scorned for his Nazi sympathies , he remains one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

Zhukang Tubdain Kaizhub , head of the Tibet branch of the Buddhist Association of China, presents a hada, a strip of raw silk and linen that conveys good blessings, to a monk, who is awarded Gexe Lharampa, the highest academic degree in Tibetan Buddhism studies, at the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous ... (more)

Several Buddhist associations in north Bengal and northeastern India have joined hands with the tourism industry in their states to promote Buddhist monasteries as tourist destinations.

My name is Hwansan Sunim and I am the disciple and personal attendant of Son Master Songdam, the most venerated Buddhist master in Korea.

Theresa Carr was praised for her daring, outrageousness, and creativity in the name of causes ranging from gay rights to nuclear disarmament.

Sri Lanka's energy minister offered flowers and lit thousands of oil lamps as she prayed for rains to replenish drought-hit reservoirs which are used for hydro-power plants, an official said Tuesday.

Chiang Mai is known around the world for being perhaps the greatest place to celebrate Buddhism's wettest and wildest holiday, and there is plenty to do in the city and surrounding areas during Songkran.

The Norton Simon Museum presents its first large-scale exhibition of Himalayan Buddhist art.

Jomo Memo is one of the most well-known historical women within Tibetan Buddhism.

Monks debate on the sutra of Tibetan Buddhism at the Sera Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 27, 2014.

Admission: $10, $7 seniors, free for students and children 18 and younger. Free for all 6-9 p.m. first Friday of the month.