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

A compelling historical transformation uncovers the distinctions between early Muslim rulers, known as Sultans, and the ...

Brussel: China's use of Buddhism reflects hollowing out of faith, turning temples into tourist attractions, monks into state ...

At first glance, they seem miles apart, yet when you slow down and really listen, Christianity and Buddhism start sounding ...

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 ...

At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. Just six months earlier, thousands of ...

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 ...

Beijing aims to sinicise Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan language. Such developments pose a serious threat not only to Tibet ...

Wright isn’t proselytizing or implying that other religions are false. This is, instead, a light, accessible guide for anyone interested in the practical benefits of meditation. There are no analyses ...

Dressed in flowing gold robes, the bald female meditation teacher told us to do nothing. We were to sit silently in our plastic chairs, close our eyes, and focus on our breath. I had never meditated, ...