The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

With the passing of time, people came to forget the pre-Buddhist and primitive origins of their folk beliefs in alchemy, astrology, and Nats, and learned to accept them as part of their Buddhism ...

In a recent conversation with Asia Society, Nisker discussed the origins of Buddhism's popularity in the United States, how Buddhism and Christianity differ, and why he thinks the mainstreaming of ...

In this Frontline site, which focuses on the world's fascination with the plight of modern-day Tibet, there is an excellent section on the origin and practice of Tibetan Buddhism. Other aspects of ...

My name is Hivin and I'm a Buddhist. I follow the teachings of the Buddha, who lived two and a half thousand years ago. He said that life was full of suffering and that suffering was caused by ...

Mahayana Buddhism close Mahayana BuddhismOne of the ... Belief in life after death may be influenced by the meaning and purpose it gives to the lives of Buddhists.

A new book by the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a decades-long dispute with Beijing over ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891 ... extremely important in the context of the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and ...