Bhutan is officially a Buddhist kingdom. It's also a fledgling democracy trying to establish a balancing act to honor its ...

Understanding Buddhist principles can help predict who will die on season three of "The White Lotus." ...

Time was when we had to observe the five precepts chanting in front of the omnipresent Buddha statue in every Buddhist ...

A longstanding dispute over the control of Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar is once again at the forefront. Several ...

Buddhist temples vary in style and design, but they usually feature a main hall, a Buddha statue and space to meditate.

More than 20 of adults have departed from the religious groups in which they were raised, according to a Pew Research Center ...

In many countries around the world, a fifth or more of adults have left the religious group in which they were raised.

I have studied Buddhism in Thailand for over a decade, including the diverse ways in which Thai Buddhists practice their religion. While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely ...

Read about where religiously unaffiliated populations have had the largest net gains, and how those who've joined the "nones" ...

Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who've left Christianity now identify religiously ...