Lack of institutional sympathy over the centuries, especially at the elite level, may explain why it entered the modern era with relatively little gas in the tank.

Gyalpo Lhosar, the New Year festival of the Sherpa community, is being observed across Nepal today with cultural programmes, religious rituals and the exchange of greetings, as national leaders ...

The forest ridge trail above the village of Rinchenpong in west Sikkim is a treasure trove of Buddhist culture and ...

In The Robe and the Sword, Sonia Faleiro shows how Buddhist revivalism and majoritarianism have been historically intertwined ...

Religious traditions across cultures have often treated menstruation and childbirth as sources of ritual impurity. In Chinese Buddhism, the “Blood Bowl Scripture” condemned women to “Blood Pond Hell.” ...

A group of Buddhist monks, a day after completing a 108-day Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, walked to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before heading to the Lincoln Memorial ...

A new Tibetan Buddhist practice group is forming in Placerville, offering community members an opportunity to study and meditate within the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions.

From left: Monks and guests pose for a group photo after the opening ceremony of the Dahongshan Chan Culture Forum. The handover ceremony of the South China Sea Buddhism Shenzhen Roundtable is held ...

Thimphu [Bhutan], November 4 (ANI): The Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025 began on Tuesday at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, with visuals from the venue showing Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering ...

Maitreya, the future Buddha in Buddhist tradition, symbolizes hope for a new era of compassion when the Dharma fades. His coordinates in Arunachal Pradesh reflect the intersection of Tibetan Buddhism, ...

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation of ‘Blood Pond Hell’ shows how far such beliefs go – and how women respond.