America’s story begins with people fleeing religious persecution. Its founders understood that without freedom of belief all ...

What are called "hate" laws frequently violate freedom of speech, of the press and of religion. They also tend to be vague, and, hence, their scope expands, and governments use them to punish views ...

Buddhist monks on a cross-country pilgrimage paused in Selma on Friday, Dec. 19, to share messages of peace and kindness ...

December 21 marks World Meditation Day in the U.S. To find out how the centuries-old practice can help shape your wellbeing ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Founded in India, Buddhism also found a fertile ground in Southeast Asia, where it took root and flourished for centuries, shaping the region’s socioeconomic, political, cultural, ...

The wisdom of Buddhist psychology describes how we, not unlike all living creatures, seek a sense of safety and certainty in our lives. In the human experience, safety and certainty translate into ...

At the ceremony, I was given the name Dvesatya (pronounced Dvay-SUHT-yuh). My teacher, Shinkyu Brian Coté, explained: “In Sanskrit, dve is ‘two.’ Satya is ‘truth, reality, things as they are.’ ...

Stephen Batchelor, a teacher and former Buddhist monk who rose to prominence after the publication of 1997’s Buddhism without Belief s, offers a philosophical exploration of secular Buddhism in his ...

(The Conversation) — In a story in the Buddhist canon, a grief-stricken mother named Kisa Gautami loses her only child and carries the body around town, searching for some way to resurrect the child.

On Sunday, Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, celebrated his 90th birthday. He has long said that at this point, he would make a decision about his succession plans: according to Tibetan Buddhist belief, ...