While his scholarship is commendable, his interpretation of “militant Buddhism” fails to contextualize the Sri Lankan case ...

Taihong Ouyang, 49 – who faces hate crime burglary and criminal mischief charges – was granted supervised release as he ...

Religious types insist that contradictions in sacred scriptures are not cardinal flaws. They blame it on artistic classification, circumstances, different writers, or simply translation. Differences ...

The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...

The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) that the 2,500 rai of disputed land at Buddha Monthon park in Buddha Monthon district of Nakhon ...

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

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

A journey through the sacred Buddhist pilgrimage destinations is an experience that goes beyond spirituality—it is a ...

The recent transfer of cultural artifacts, including several Tibetan Buddhist relics, from the US to China may help advance the Chinese government’s efforts to distort Tibet’s history and appropriate ...

Kornpat Kotchabhakdi used to be an atheist who refused to go to a temple with his parents who are Buddhists. When he became a lifestyle editor of a magazine, he became frustrated due to personal and ...

A former Democrat MP Tankhun Jitt-itsara is urging the authorities to take further action against the so-called mind-connection cult after a picture of its nine-year-old leader claiming to be a son of ...

The city of Lhasa, once the heart of Tibetan civilisation and the spiritual seat of the Dalai Lama, has been systematically ...