Deep in the mountains of northern Wakayama Prefecture, nestled in stately tall trees, sits one of the most important Buddhist ...

Hundreds of thousands, particularly members of the SC Mahar caste, had converted to Buddhism in this region of central India ...

The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, ...

Forty-one bodies have been found inside a Buddhist monastery in Thailand where they were allegedly being used in meditation ...

Dharmakṣema, who hailed from Central India, was instrumental in the translation of important Buddhist texts to Chinese in 5th ...

Jains in Tamil Nadu are commemorating the 2,550th anniversary of Mahavira's nirvana, coinciding with the 50th year of a ...

Buddhism originated in India over 2500 years ago. It is a nontheistic faith founded by Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the ...

A Tibetan parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and accompanied by MPs Dawa Tsering and Ratsa Sonam Norbu visited the Office of Tibet i ...

The Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh said that everyone has a “ Buddha nature .” Everyone is capable of becoming a ...

Think Buddhism is all meditation and serenity? Think again! Discover Naraka, the Buddhist hell realms, where karma determines your stay in torturous conditions. Learn how these realms serve as tools ...