China is investing millions in Buddhism to expand its influence in Asia, challenging India's claim to the faith and alarming ...

SEOUL--A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of ...

In the fast-­secularising country, Buddhism is regaining popularity thanks to a “hip” trend wooing Gen Z with festivals, ­fashion, robots and DJs, even as some fear for the fundamentals of the faith.

(RNS) — Buddhism is an American religious tradition that intersects meaningfully with African American religious history, ...

In fast-secularising South Korea, Buddhism is regaining popularity thanks to a "hip" trend wooing Gen Z with festivals, fashion, robots and DJs, even as some fear for the fundamentals of the faith.

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 ...

Nonviolence is one of the basic tenets of Buddhism. But in Japan, where the religion developed without the code of conduct devised by the historical Buddha to preserve order among the community of ...

Cambodia's top Buddhist leaders have urged monks to reflect on their conduct, strengthen monastic discipline, and uphold ...

An author owns a snappy title, and then the snappy title owns the author. Robert Wright, having titled his new book “Why Buddhism Is True,” has to offer a throat-clearing preface and later an ...

One of the Buddha’s most-loved stories (he had a lot of them), concerned a event in which a number of blind men investigated an elephant. The occasion was famously described by the 19th century ...