Mendicants are warned not to seek alms from a woman with loose hair, which could indicate recent sexual intimacy or ...

Koyasan (高野山) is one of Japan’s most significant places when it comes to Buddhism, and a beautiful place to visit. From ...

Western scholars argued that the Western kingdom of Indrabhuti was in the Swat valley of Pakistan. But here's why it could be ...

Malaysian media, telecoms and oil mogul Anada T Krishnan has died at age 86, his companies reported on Thursday.

After 17 painstaking years, he identified Christopher Newman, an 89-year-old Buddhist monk currently being cared for in a ...

Dharmakṣema, who hailed from Central India, was instrumental in the translation of important Buddhist texts to Chinese in 5th ...

U Pinnya Zawta, a prominent dissident monk who is a U.S. citizen, has been held incommunicado for over a week, and friends ...

The talk #BuddhasDaughters — Women in Buddhism by Dr Radha Kumar, organised by Khaki Tours ... and the formation of the Sanghas that include both Bhikkus and Bhikkhunis (male and female monks), the ...

Shurei Sasai, a Buddhist monk from Japan, is working in India for the restoration of Buddhism, which claims that all people are equal. The 89-year-old has been devoting his life to freeing people ...

In front of him, a sea of monks dressed in orange, maroon and burgundy robes perform the Drolma Jigchobma Bumtshok, a practice dedicated to goddess Tara, a female deity associated with compassion ...

Good morning and welcome back. Today we’re watching Nazis demonstrating in Michigan, the sentencing of a Mass. National Guardsman who leaked classified information, and what happens when a ...

Michael Dillon was the first person to undergo gender confirmation surgery and transition from female to male. His story still holds many lessons.