A scholar of Buddhism explains authentic ways to engage deeply with the tradition, ranging from short meditation retreats to full ordination as a monastic.

A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan -- a beacon of ...

A personal story of Keith Fitzgerald as he took an arduous and near perilous kayaking adventure to Buddha at Koh Keaw Pisadon.

But for one Frenchman, the is backed by science. Meet Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk whose brain scans have left researchers in awe. The 79-year-old Frenchan, who escaped to the Himalayas when ...

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Alongside solemn rituals at Buddhist temples — where monks use water for spiritual purification, cleansing any grievances from the past year and blessing the one to come — you'll find stalls ...

A popular Vietnamese monk and his companions have headed to Malaysia from Thailand after they failed to enter war-torn Myanmar on their walking pilgrimage to reach India, the birthplace of Buddhism, ...

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Archaeological Museum of Corfu. Credit: Zde/ Wikimedia commonsCC BY-SA 4.0 The greatest Buddhist king of India, Ashoka, chose a Greek monk, also known as Dhammarakita, to spread Buddhism in ...

Stories of merchants are notably absent in Brahmin scriptures but are widespread in Buddhist scriptures ... who suspected that the boy came from an aristocratic background. The king sent a maid to ...

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Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (PTI) More than 2,000 delegates, including Buddhist scholars and monks from India and 13 other countries, are slated to participate in the 6th International Conference on Buddhist ...